Cavernous angioma in the falx cerebri: a case report.
Intracranial cavernous angiomas are benign vascular malformations and can be divided into intra-axial and extra-axial lesions. Extra-axial cavernous angiomas are relatively rare and usually arise in relation to the dura mater and mimick meningiomas. We report a case of cavernous angioma that occurred in the falx cerebri of a 22-yr-old female patient with the special focus on neuroradiologic findings. This is the fourth case of cavernous angioma in the falx cerebri reported in the literature to our knowledge.
Kim
Jin-Sung
JS
Department of Neurosurgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Yang
Seung-Ho
SH
Kim
Moon-Kyu
MK
Hong
Yong-Kil
YK
D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed