title: Capillary haemangioma arising from the anterior choroidal artery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Capillary haemangioma of the central nervous system is extremely rare. Histologically proven cases developed in the dura mater and choroid plexus, or were typically intracranial extensions of an extra-cranial lesion.
  
  
  METHODS
  This report details a case that developed in the anterior choroidal artery of a newborn infant and manifested as a lethal intra-cerebral haemorrhage. Pathological criteria for the diagnosis of vascular malformations should be carefully investigated and the differential diagnoses of the present case are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intracranial haemangioma presents a diagnostic challenge and the treatment of deep lesions remains problematic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, CHRU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Bihannic
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michot
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heckly
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loget
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beucher
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brassier
authors.forename: Abderrahmane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamlat
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods