PMC3326964_01
The CT scan of the patient showing suprasellar calcified mass (upper left and upper right panels, perilesional edema (black arrow), and hydrocephalous (white arrow, right lower panel)
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Due to the presence of papilledema, we did a CT scan of brain [Figure 1] which showed a calcified mass in suprasellar region with perilesional edema (black arrow) with obstructive hydrocephalous.
Brain biopsy slide showing lymphocytes and areas of necrosis
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Subsequently, after 1 month, a brain biopsy was done and the lesion was found to be calcified granuloma with aggregates of epitheloid cells, calcifications, necrosis, blood vessel destructions, and few scattered caseations [Figure 2].
Repeat CT scan of the patient after 5 months, showing only decrease of edema, calcification size same
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Repeat CT scan [Figure 3] showed only a mild decrease in the size of the edema; calcified mass size was the same.