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Vasogenic Cerebral Edema
- Vasogenic cerebral edema is most commonly seen with brain tumors and cerebral abscesses.
- It mainly involves the white matter.
- Gray-white differentiation is maintained, so the edema has a finger-like pattern on CT (see Figure).
- It is caused by disruption of the blood-brain-barrier, thus responds to treatment with steroids.
References
Case image courtesy of Dr David Cuete, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 23178
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