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	Diagnosis	Cholesterol granuloma
	History	13 year old female in a MVA 6 years ago. She was found to have an expansile lesion on CT scan done at that time. Lesion has been followed with MRI and found to be stable ever since that time.
	Findings	High signal intensity expansile lesion right petrous apex. No associated enhancement
	Differential Dx	- Assymetric fatty marrow: Non-expansile - Congenital cholesteatoma of the petrous apex: Low to intermediate signal on T1 - Trapped fluid within petrous apex: Low to intermediate signal on T1 - Apical petrositis: Low signal on T1, psot-contrast thick enhancing rim.
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	Contributor	Steven J Goldstein :: University of Kentucky -
	Reviewer	Alice Boyd Smith :: Uniformed Services University - Case Accepted: 2008-01-26 11:23:48-05 :: Revised: :: Submitted:

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	Diagnosis	Cholesterol granuloma
	History	64 year old woman with diplopia
	Findings	Non-contrast CT shows expansile lesion of the right petrous apex. MRI shows discrete mass, hyperintense on both T1 and T2 , and no post-contrast enhancement
	Differential Dx	• Cholesterol Granuloma When looking at just the CT images, the differential diagnosis would include: • Cholesteatoma • Gradenigo’s Syndrome – osteomyelitis of petrous bone, fluid filled middle ear extending to destructive petrous apex lesion +/- abducens palsy • Rare: Lateral Chordoma, Plasmacytoma, Metastasis, Paraganglioma • MRI signal findings suggest cholesterol granuloma
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	Contributor	Peter Vangeertruyden :: National Capital Consortium -
	Reviewer	James George Smirniotopoulos, M.D. :: Uniformed Services University - Case Accepted: 2008-01-26 11:23:48-05 :: Revised: :: Submitted:

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	Diagnosis	Cholesterol granuloma of the right petrous apex.
	History	A 13-year-old african-american girl presented with a 2-month history of intermittent right-sided headaches and diplopia. She described mild dysequilibrium but no hearing loss and had no
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	Contributor	Paul J Cunningham :: Madigan Army Medical Center -
	Reviewer	James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. :: Uniformed Services University - Case Accepted: 2008-01-26 11:23:48-05 :: Revised: :: Submitted:

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