An unusual brainstem capillary telangiectasis in a child.
This case report concerns a brainstem telangiectasis that mimicked a tumor causing progressive neurologic symptoms over a period of 6 years prior to death. Intravascular coagulation within the malformation leading to localized ischemia is proposed as the mechanism for the apparent growth of the lesion.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed