title: Management of cranial and spinal cavernous angiomas (honored guest lecture).
abstract: The management of patients with cavernous angioma continues to evolve. Our current recommendations for management are as follows. 1. Patients who are asymptomatic are observed. 2. Patients with acute severe or progressive neurological deficits are operated upon. 3. Patients presenting with a seizure are usually operated upon but some are observed, depending on the factors discussed. 4. Patients with a single hemorrhage in the cerebrum, cerebellum, or spinal cord are usually operated upon. When the hemorrhage is in the brainstem, thalamus, or basal ganglia, they are observed. 5. Patients with a recurrent hemorrhage are usually operated upon but there are exceptions when the lesion is in a deep area with high surgical risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ojemann
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Crowell
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ogilvy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*