{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["38(4)"],"submitter":["McGuinness BJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["Intradural extramedullary foramen magnum enhancing lesions may be due to meningioma, nerve sheath tumor, aneurysm, or meningeal disease. In this clinical report of 14 patients, we describe a novel imaging finding within the foramen magnum that simulates disease. The lesion is hyperintense on 3D-FLAIR and enhances on 3D gradient-echo sequences but is not seen on 2D-TSE T2WI. It occurs at a characteristic location related to the posterior aspect of the intradural vertebral artery just distal to the dural penetration. Stability of this lesion was demonstrated in those patients who underwent follow-up imaging. Recognition of this apparently benign lesion may prevent unnecessary patient anxiety and repeat imaging."],"journal":["AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology"],"pagination":["721-725"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7960232"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Benign Enhancing Foramen Magnum Lesions: Clinical Report of a Newly Recognized Entity."],"pmcid":["PMC7960232"],"pubmed_authors":["Morrison JP","McGuinness BJ","Moriarty MW","Brew SK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Benign Enhancing Foramen Magnum Lesions: Clinical Report of a Newly Recognized Entity.","description":"Intradural extramedullary foramen magnum enhancing lesions may be due to meningioma, nerve sheath tumor, aneurysm, or meningeal disease. In this clinical report of 14 patients, we describe a novel imaging finding within the foramen magnum that simulates disease. The lesion is hyperintense on 3D-FLAIR and enhances on 3D gradient-echo sequences but is not seen on 2D-TSE T2WI. It occurs at a characteristic location related to the posterior aspect of the intradural vertebral artery just distal to the dural penetration. Stability of this lesion was demonstrated in those patients who underwent follow-up imaging. Recognition of this apparently benign lesion may prevent unnecessary patient anxiety and repeat imaging.","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T15:26:18.522Z","creation":"2025-04-05T15:26:18.522Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7960232","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28154124"],"doi":["10.3174/ajnr.a5085","10.3174/ajnr.A5085"]}}