57 years Female (DOB:1/25/1959)Reason: preop planning for tumor resection History: loss of smellPROVIDER/ATTENDING NAME: BAKHTIAR YAMINI BAKHTIAR YAMINI There is a 40 mm x 40 mm axial dimension extra-axial mass located in the anterior cranial fossa at the midline which involves the cribriform plate. It has a stellate pattern of flow voids centrally within it. There is a small amount of the associated T2 signal hyperintensity in the adjacent orbital gyri bilaterally.Normal vascular flow voids are present in the distal carotid and vertebral arteries, the basilar artery and the proximal anterior, middle and posterior cerebral arteries as well as the internal cerebral veins and superior sagittal sinus.The visualized portions of the paranasal sinuses are clear. The visualized portions of the mastoid air cells are clear. The visualized portions of the orbits are intact.
Mass in the anterior cranial fossa is most likely a meningioma. Examination was performed for the purpose of stereotactic guidance.