Giant cavernous haemangioma in an infant.
Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular lesions of the central nervous system. Their size varies from a few millimetres to several centimetres. Giant and paediatric cases are rare. This report presents a 10-month-old baby with a giant multilobular cavernous haemangioma in the left parietal lobe who presented with seizures.
Gezen
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Departments of Neurosurgery, Duzce University, Duzce Medical Faculty, Duzce, Turkey.
Karatas
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Is
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Yildirim
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Aytekin
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D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome