title: The use of computed axial tomography (CAT) for the diagnosis and management of intracranial angiomas.
abstract: The manifestations of angiomas on computed axial tomography (CAT) are described. Diagnostic changes were present in 66% and a focal abnormality, which was frequently suggestive of the diagnosis, in a further 27.5% of a consecutive series of 41 patients. It failed to show some focal abnormality in only two cases in which intravenous contrast was not given and in one case with a dural angiomatous malformation. The value of CAT in elucidating the nature of the complications of arteriovenous malformations is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed