title: Developmental Venous Anomaly With Asymmetrical Basal Ganglia Calcification: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is a common lesion formerly known as venous angioma. DVAs drain normal brain parenchyma; however, parenchymal abnormalities surrounding DVAs have been reported. Unilateral putamen and caudate calcification in the drainage territory of DVAs has so far been reported in 7 cases, all with deep venous drainage. We present two additional cases of DVAs, one with superficial and the other one with deep venous drainage, associated with basal ganglia calcifications. We emphasize that DVAs should be in the differential diagnosis of unilateral basal ganglia calcifications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Firat
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Sarp
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Batki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa Fazil
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gelal
keywords: Central Nervous System Venous Angioma; Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Vascular Malformations