Aqueductal stenosis due to mesencephalic venous malformation: case report.
The authors report the case of a 43-year-old woman with a venous malformation of the mesencephalon occluding the sylvian aqueduct. Neuroradiological investigations suggested aqueductal stenosis, while the presence of a venous malformation was diagnosed by both magnetic resonance imaging and an angiogram, and was visualized using a neuroendoscope. This is the first reported instance of a venous malformation being observed in situ and the subependymal course taken.
Oka
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kumate
S
S
Kibe
M
M
Tomonaga
M
M
Maehara
F
F
Higashi
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000473:pathology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000098:blood supply*