Intracranial aneurysm associated with cerebral cavernous angioma. Case report.
The very rare case of association of anterior communicating artery aneurysm and a right frontal cavernoma not visualized by CT-scan and angiography in a 37-year-old man is described. The rarity and the possible pathogenesis of this association are discussed.
Marra
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Neurosurgical Division, Varese Regional Hospital, Italy.
Dario
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Scamoni
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Dorizzi
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010016:Osteoma; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed