Snapshot!

The Panda

A 26-year-old Chinese woman presented with sudden onset of severe headache. A cerebral scan, performed to look for subarachnoid blood, demonstrated a mass, and an MRI of the brain was performed. We soon had our sights on the problem, as before us appeared an unexpected vision - a panda! Further analysis revealed the head to be a primitive neuroectodermal tumour, with the ventricles appearing as ears and legs.

Ursula Ridley
Radiology registrar
Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW

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