title: [Magnetic resonance imaging findings of capillary hemangioma in the brain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of capillary hemangioma in the brain to improve the diagnosis of capillary hemangioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MRI findings were analyzed in 6 patients with pathologically confirmed capillary hemangioma in the brain to define the characteristic MRI features of capillary hemangioma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 6 patients, the capillary hemangiomas were located in the pons (n=1), bulbus medullae (n=1), bilateral cerebellar hemisphere (n=1), right temporal lobe (n=1) or left frontal lobe (n=1). Three patients had subacute hemorrhage, 2 had cystic degeneration and 1 had solid tumors, all shoeing heterogeneous MRI signals. Contrast-enhanced MR scans revealed marked heterogeneous enhancement with clear boundaries of the tumor parenchyma, where spots and thin strips without enhancement were seen in 5 cases; vascular network was seen in 1 case. Drainage vessels connected to the lesions were found in 3 cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI has a high diagnostic value for intracranial capillary hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, 458 Hospital of PLA, and Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510602, China. lihuayu1@126.com
authors.forename: Hua-yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi-kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bing-quan
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult