Suprasellar cavernous malformation presenting with extensive subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Cavernous malformations are usually intraparenchymal, extra-axial lesions being uncommon. They have very rarely been reported as the cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage. We present a case of hemorrhage related to a cavernous malformation, unusual in two ways. First, it is rare for an intracranial cavernous malformation to present with massive subarachnoid hemorrhage. Secondly, this cavernous malformation lay in the chiasmatic cistern.
Escott
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Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave, Campus Box A034, Denver, CO 80262, USA. edescott@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed