title: Cavernous hemangioma of the cavernous sinus misdiagnosed as a meningioma: a case report and MR imaging findings.
abstract: Cavernous hemangioma (CH) is a benign vascular malformation. Intracranial CH is generally localized as an intracranial-intraaxial and responsible for 5-13% of all intracranial vascular malformations. Intracranial-extraaxial CHs are rare rather than intracranial-intraaxial CHs. Clinical findings, imaging characteristics, and surgical approach of extraaxial CHs are rather different than intraaxial CHs. Diagnosing cavernous sinus CH preoperatively is very important, but its radiological differential diagnosis is quite difficult. In this study, we present magnetic resonance imaging findings of a 48-year-old male who was considered preoperatively to have meningioma but was diagnosed with cavernous sinus CH during surgery by pathological examination.
authors: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, 34303, Istanbul, Turkey. zhasiloglu@gmail.com
authors: Zehra Isik
authors: ZI
authors: Hasiloglu
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Asik
authors: Osman
authors: O
authors: Kizilkilic
authors: Sait
authors: S
authors: Albayram
authors: Civan
authors: C
authors: Islak
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged