Angioma cavernoso cerebral gigante en paciente menor de un año: Descripción de un caso

Abstract

Cerebral cavernous malformations are rarely described in children. Giant cavernous malformations are exceptional in this group of patients. The authors reports a case of an eleven months boy, who begins at the sixth month of life with epilepsy. Medical therapy was advised and imagenological studies were carried out. An IRM was performed, and shows a giant cavernous malformation in the right parietal lobe. Surgery was carried out, with complete resection of the lesion. In the postoperative period and at more than a year of follow up, he was free of crisis. We report the case because of the rarity of a giant cavernous angioma in a patient less than a year old.

Left deep frontal cavernous angioma mimicking a glioma in an adult patient

“…A few cases of GCA were reported in literature. [ 1 5 6 7 8 ] in these cases, the hemorrhagic events were more severe, and the neuroimaging might have been more suggestive for a GCA, and most of them were described in children. Instead, in our case, the patient is an adult female, with few symptoms compared to the size of GCA.…”

“…Cerebral cavernous angiomas are vascular malformations characterized by large adjacent vessels. Usually, these lesions are smaller than 3 cm, the mean age of presentation is between 20 and 40 years[ 1 ] and the neuroradiological findings are well described, especially for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [ 2 ] Among these, the giant cavernous angiomas (GCA) are very rare, particularly in adults.…”