Growing patterns of cavernous angioma in the fourth ventricle. Case report.
Cavernous malformations are vascular lesions that occur in all parts of the central nervous system but most commonly in the cerebral hemispheres; unusually they may be found along the midline (basal ganglia, pineal region or brain stem), into the ventricle possibly encroaching upon the fourth and third ventricle. We report a case of midline cavernomas of the IV ventricle, that grew to large size in-time, demonstrating the capacity for rapid expansion.
Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso City Hospital, Italy.
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D000368:Aged; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed