Excision of cavernous angioma with preservation of coexisting venous angioma. Case report.
The case of a patient presenting with dysphasic seizures due to a cavernous angioma coexisting with a venous malformation is reported. The cavernous angioma was resected with preservation of the venous malformation, as confirmed by postoperative studies. The patient was seizure-free following surgery.
Sasaki
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O
Department of Neurosurgery, Kuwana Hospital, Niigata City, Japan.
Tanaka
R
R
Koike
T
T
Koide
A
A
Koizumi
T
T
Ogawa
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology