Calcified telangiectatic hamartomas of the brain.
A case of calcified telangiectatic hamartoma in a 27-year-old patient having focal seizures is presented. The cases in the literature under the name of "hemangioma calcificans" are reviewed. Calcified telangiectatic hamartomas, as an anatomoclinical subgroup, are different from calcified cavernous angiomas.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed