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. 2008 Aug;29(7):1335–1339. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1093

Table 1:

Imaging and clinical findings in 12 patients with large arachnoid granulations within the dorsal SSS

Age Sex FS MRV Size, cm Distance Above Torcular, cm T1WI T2WI FLAIR DWI Location Relative to λ Stenosis, % Septation Clinical
64 F 3T 1.2 × 0.7 × 1.1 5.1 Mixed Hyper Iso Hypo λ 20 Yes MS follow-up, right leg weakness, initially called meningioma
42 F 3T 0.6 × 0.7 × 0.8 5.1 Mixed Hyper Iso Hypo λ 60 Yes Right temporal headaches
42 F 3T-MRV T, C 1.1 × 1.1 × 1.8 3.9 Mixed Hyper Iso Hypo −2 mm 86 Yes Headache, initially called thrombosis, 0.7T-MR imaging
35 F 1.5T 1.1 × 1.8 × 1.9 5.8 Hypo Hyper Iso Hypo λ 60 Yes Left temporal headache
42 M 1.5T 0.2 × 0.3 × 0.4 5.9 Hypo Hyper Iso Hypo λ 50 No Headache
28 M 3T T, C 0.8 × 0.9 × 1.1 5.2 Mixed Hyper Iso Hypo λ 50 No Seizures right frontal glioma
52 M 3T 0.7 × 1.1 × 1.7 3.0 Hypo Hyper Iso Hypo −2 mm 86 Yes Headaches
57 M 1.5T T 0.4 × 0.6 × 0.6 6.2 Hypo Hyper Hypo Hypo +12 mm 50 No Ischemic stroke
45 F 1.5T 0.4 × 0.6 × 0.6 3.5 Hypo Hyper Hypo Hypo λ 40 No Headache, Chiari I, initially called thrombosis
18 F 3 T 1.1 × 1.6 × 1.1 2.6 Hypo Hyper NA NA −3 mm 74 No Headache, blurry vision
2 M 1.5T 0.8 × 0.9 × 1.0 5.8 Hypo Hyper NA Hypo λ 58 No Developmental delay, initially called dermoid
17 F 1.5T T 1.3 × 1.0 × 1.0 2.8 Hypo Hyper Hypo Hypo λ 52 Yes Occipital headaches

Note:—Hypo indicates hypointense relative to brain; Iso, isointense relative to brain; Hyper, hyperintense relative to brain; Mixed, areas of hypointensity and isointensity on T1WI; FS, magnetic field strength; Distance Above Torcular, linear distance above torcular; T, time-of-flight; C, elliptic centric encoded, contrast-enhanced MRV; SSS, superior sagittal sinus; M, male; F, female; NA, not applicable; MS, multiple sclerosis. Patient 10 did not have fluid-attenuated inversion recovery or diffusion-weighted MR imaging, and patient 11 did not have fluid-attenuated inversion recovery.