Intracranial arterialized venous angioma: case report with new insights from functional brain MRI.
We present the case of a 58-year-old man who suffered a left thalamic intracerebral hemorrhage. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an incidental venous angioma in the left frontal lobe. Further elucidated by cerebral angiography and functional MRI, this venous angioma exhibited arteriovenous shunting. The arterialized venous angioma represents an uncommon, "mixed" intracranial vascular lesion whose natural history remains unknown.
Tomycz
Nestor D
ND
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. tomycznd@upmc.edu
Vora
Nirav A
NA
Kanal
Emanuel
E
Horowitz
Michael B
MB
Jovin
Tudor G
TG
D020787:Central Nervous System Venous Angioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D003287:Contrast Media