title: Double cerebral venous angiomas: MRI.
abstract: Using a 1.5 Tesla MR imager, we examined 58 patients with venous angiomas (VA); images were also obtained following contrast medium in 33. Of the 58 patients 29 underwent selective cerebral angiography. We found in all 63 VA, including two with arterial components; 5 of the 58 patients thus each had two VA. The VA were supratentorial and bilateral in 4 cases; the remaining patient had supra- and infratentorial VA. Of these 5 patients, 4 received intravenous contrast medium and in 2 of them, the second VA was so small that it was detectable only on the contrast-enhanced images. The incidence of double VA in patients receiving contrast medium was 12% (4/33).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis