title: Intracranial cavernous malformations and skin angiomas associated with middle fossa arachnoid cyst: a report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of multiple intracranial cavernous malformations and skin angioma associated with middle fossa arachnoid cyst are reported. Though no relation was confirmed in the pathogenesis of these lesions, this combination could be a new entity of neurocutaneous phacomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Niigata University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis