Intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas as a cause of childhood temporal lobe epilepsy.
A 12-year-old boy presented with complaints of seizures since the age of 7 years. Seizure semiology was consistent with origin from the right temporal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a large right temporal and multiple small intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas. The imaging findings and clinical significance of cavernomatous hemangiomas are briefly discussed.
Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Suvasini
S
Sharma
Naveen
N
Sankhyan
Sheffali
S
Gulati
Atin
A
Kumar
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*