title: Cavernous angioma of the brain stem simulating diffuse pontine glioma.
abstract: Brainstem vascular malformations can sometimes simulate other conditions such as multiple sclerosis and pontine glioma. We report a case of brainstem cavernous angioma for which clinical course and radiologic appearance were suggestive of a pontine glioma. The diagnosis was uncertain until the clinical and radiologic evolution made it clear that the patient had a cavernous angioma. We suggest that brainstem angioma be considered as a differential diagnosis for pontine glioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. mingxu@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burrowes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lastra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Antunes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*