title: Increased Prevalence of Developmental Venous Anomalies in Children with Intracranial Neoplasms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Developmental venous anomalies are considered variants of venous development that, in and of themselves, are of little clinical import. A possible association between intrinsic brain tumors and developmental venous anomalies has been suggested, but a rigorous investigation has not been performed. The aim of this study was to assess any association between developmental venous anomalies and intrinsic brain neoplasms.
  
  
  METHODS
  A radiology report text search of terms used to describe developmental venous anomalies was performed on a study population of 580 patients with primary intracranial neoplasms and on a control population of 580 patients without neoplasms from the same time period. All positive results were reviewed to confirm that the report was describing a developmental venous anomaly, and the imaging examination was reviewed to confirm the diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-nine of the 580 subjects with brain tumors (10.17%) had a developmental venous anomaly identified by report and confirmed on review of the imaging. Thirty-one of the 580 controls (5.34%) had a developmental venous anomaly identified by report and confirmed on review of the imaging (P = .003). No statistically significant difference was noted in the prevalence of developmental venous anomalies among tumor types. No developmental venous anomaly drained the vascular territory of the tumor, and there was no correlation between the location of the developmental venous anomaly and the location of the neoplasm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of developmental venous anomalies in this pediatric population with intracranial primary neoplasms is significantly greater than in those without neoplasms, suggesting an association that may be related to shared causative factors or susceptibilities to the development of these 2 separate entities.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology (B.V.J., L.L., G.K., J.L.L.) blaise.jones@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology (B.V.J., L.L., G.K., J.L.L.).
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Linscott
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology (B.V.J., L.L., G.K., J.L.L.).
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koberlein
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Oncology (T.R.H.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hummel
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology (B.V.J., L.L., G.K., J.L.L.).
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leach
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*