Cavernoma of Spinal Cord

•        Findings:

–       “popcorn-like” intramedullary lesion in the conus

–       T2:  faint high signal

–       T2:  high signal centrally, dark rim, and high signal peripherally

•        a.k.a.  Cavernoma, cavernous hemangioma, and capillary hemangioma

•        Congenital abnormal cluster of capillaries and venules that periodically bleed.

•        Signal characteristics are that of blood in different stages.

•        Angiographically occult.

•        Look for multiple lesions on GRE.