title: Dural cavernous angiomas in a child.
abstract: Dural-based cavernous angiomas are rare intracranial vascular lesions. Most of the reported cases are located in the middle cranial fossa, and those located outside the middle fossa are even more uncommon. Thus far, only 3 pediatric cases have been reported and all of them were found outside the middle fossa of a neonate. We would like to add the fourth pediatric case of a dural-based cavernous angioma located in the posterior fossa of a 5-year-old boy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hsiang
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Poon
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003399:Craniotomy; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed