Intracranial cavernous angioma initially presenting in pregnancy with new-onset seizures.
A case of an intracranial cavernous angioma, which presented with headaches and seizures in a pregnant patient, is described. Diagnosis was established with magnetic resonance imaging. A computer-assisted literature search uncovered no previously reported case of intracranial cavernous angioma initially presenting during pregnancy.
Hoeldtke
N J
NJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Floyd
D
D
Werschkul
J D
JD
Calhoun
B C
BC
Hume
R F
RF
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*