Neuroradiology - Pictorial Essay

Intracranial calcifications on CT

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2626-09.1

  • Yılmaz Kıroğlu
  • Cem Çallı
  • Nevzat Karabulut
  • Çağatay Öncel

Received Date: 22.01.2009 Accepted Date: 28.07.2009 Diagn Interv Radiol 2010;16(4):263-269

Computed tomography (CT) is very sensitive for detection and localization of intracranial calcifications. We reviewed in this pictorial essay the diseases associated with intracranial calcifications and emphasized the utility of CT for the differential diagnosis.

Keywords: calcification, physiologic , calcification, pathologic, computed tomography