Multiple cystic cavernous angiomas associated with hemorrhage.
A 29-year-old man presented with impaired mental concentration and inability to remember. Magnetic resonance and computed tomography studies revealed multiple calcified cysts. Craniotomy was performed and one of the lesions was resected. The histological diagnosis was cavernous angioma. The first report of multiple cystic cavernous angiomas is reported.
Yagi
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Taoka Hospital, Tokushima, Japan. kenji-yagi@mail.goo.ne.jp
Kageji
T
T
Nagahiro
S
S
Murayama
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed