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.
Sharma
Suvasini
S
Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sankhyan
Naveen
N
Gulati
Sheffali
S
Kumar
Atin
A
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*