title: Extensive cerebellar venous malformation associated with a varix and cavernous malformations: a case report.
abstract: Venous malformations are the most common cerebral vascular malformation, frequently associated with cavernous malformation, and rarely accompanied by a varix. We report the case of a 67-year-old woman with tinnitus, whose cranial magnetic resonance images and selective catheter angiograms showed extensive cerebellar venous malformation with cavernous malformations and varix. Injury of vessel walls by increased blood flow in the draining vein of the malformation may have led to the development of cavernous malformations and a varix. To our knowledge, such association with an extensive cerebellar venous malformation has not been reported.
authors.affiliation: Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. reiko726reiko@gmail.com
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology