title: MRI findings in giant pontine capillary telangiectasis associated with a developmental venous anomaly.
abstract: We report a 32-year-old woman with an exceptionally large capillary telangiectasia in the brainstem which is associated with a developmental venous anomaly (DVA). Her major problems were nystagmus in both eyes, binocular diplopia, gait abnormalities, cerebellar ataxia, slightly disturbed finger-nose test, an instable Romberg test and obvious dysartria. The diagnosis was made on the basis of specific imaging findings, and the use of gradient echo-weighted images proved to be helpful in making a differential diagnostic decision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, AZ Sint Lucas Hospital, Gent, Belgium. drhnozcan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avcu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Bleecker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemmerling
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging