title: Dural-based infantile hemangioma of the posterior fossa: Case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors present the unique case of a dural-based, infantile hemangioma located in the posterior fossa of a 15-day-old infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient presented with hydrocephalus. The lesion was identified by magnetic resonance imaging and was subsequently resected. Diagnosis of the lesion was confirmed with immunohistochemistry staining. The patient's hospital course was complicated by transverse sinus thrombosis and a cerebrospinal fluid leak that were treated with anticoagulation therapy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although hemangiomas are benign entities, our patient's lesion was in the posterior fossa causing compression and hydrocephalus that necessitated resection. We encourage others to consider the possibility of hemangioma in the differential diagnosis of dural-based posterior fossa lesions in infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Hakeem J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shakir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Renée M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reynolds
keywords: Glucose transporter 1; infant; intracranial hemangioma; neonatal ultrasonography; posterior fossa