Cerebral venous angioma of the pons complicated by nonhemorrhagic infarction. Case report.
The authors emphasize an unusual complication of venous angiomas in the brain: venous infarction. The patient in this case is a 32-year-old man who presented with a clinical history of headache followed by a worsening of his neurological status. Neuroimaging studies demonstrated a brain infarct in the posterior fossa, which was related to thrombosis of the draining vein of a cerebral venous angioma. A conservative treatment approach without anticoagulation therapy was followed and the patient completely recovered. Nonhemorragic venous infarction caused by thrombosis of a venous angioma is exceptional and only nine previous cases have been reported in the literature.
Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Center, Amiens, France. jojo.peltier@caramail.com
Johann
J
Peltier
Patrick
P
Toussaint
Christine
C
Desenclos
Daniel
D
Le Gars
Herve
H
Deramond
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D020787:Central Nervous System Venous Angioma / Q000150:complications*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*
D000925:Anticoagulants