Vascular malformation simulating a glioma on computerized tomography. Case report.
A patient with an arteriovenous malformation and giant venous aneurysm was erroneously diagnosed as having an oligodendroglioma on computerized tomography (CT). This case highlights some of the problems of interpretation of CT scans and the dangers of misinterpretation, particularly in the surgical context.
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed