In this report, the authors discuss the case of a patient with a mixed cerebrovascular malformation in which an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was associated with a capillary telangiectasia. Recent reports have contained reviews of various subsets of mixed malformations. To the authors' knowledge, however, this is the first report of a mixed vascular malformation with both arterial and capillary components. The patient underwent complete resection of the AVM after presenting with a clinical hemorrhage. She required a second operation to resect the capillary telangiectasia after new symptoms developed several months following the first procedure. The authors conclude that a mixed AVM-capillary telangiectasia is a rare but distinct entity.
The rate of reduction in platelet count can have a significant impact on the evaluation of platelet transfusion responses when there is a delay between pretransfusion measurement of platelet count and the initiation of platelet transfusion. In addition, the rate of platelet reduction determined from this study can be used to confirm an accelerated rate of platelet consumption in thrombocytopenic patients.
The case histories of three patients with epidermoid tumors of the 4th ventricle treated by surgical excision are presented. All three cases exhibited a prolonged latent period from the onset of symptoms to the final diagnosis. Despite the strategic location and enormous size of all three tumors, only one of the patients had significant hydrocephalus. The radiographic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of epidermoid tumors are discussed.
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