title: Intracranial cavernous angioma initially presenting in pregnancy with new-onset seizures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hoeldtke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Werschkul
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Calhoun
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hume
mesh_terms: 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*