title: [Cavernous angiomas in the Department of Neurosurgery in Katowice].
abstract: 166 patients with arterio-venous malformations (AVM) were treated in the Department of Neurosurgery at Silesian School of Medicine from 1987 to 2002. There were 30 (18%) patients diagnosed as cavernous angioma (CA). The oldest treated patient was 73 years old and the youngest one was 5 years old. 16 (55%) male and 14 (45%) female were examined and the results of this examination are presented below. The location of CA was as follows: supratentorially--19 patients (64%), infratentorially--6 patients (20%), extracranially--5 patients (16%). During the admission the clinical status of patients were evaluated according to Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Hunt-Hess scale (H-H). Epilepsy occurred in 5 patients (16%), neurological focal deficits--14 (45%), intracranial hemorrhage--7 (23%). All patients were examined using CT (computer tomography) scan, cerebral angiography was carried out in 15 (50%) patients and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) in 16 (55%). All patients were operated on in our medical centre. The results of treatment were presented according to Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS).
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. jagam@post.pl
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gamrot
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bazowski
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudnik
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zawadzki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology