Intracranial cavernous angioma in the 1st year of life and a review of the literature

Three cases of symptomatic cavernous angioma occurring in the 1st year of life are presented. All three patients were treated with radical extirpation. Postoperatively, two of them improved, but the third died due to cerebral herniation secondary to recurrence of bleeding of the lesion. The clinical...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 1992-02, Vol.8 (1), p.49-52
Hauptverfasser:	SAKAI, N, YAMADA, H, NISHIMURA, Y, SHIRAKAMI, S, FUTAMURA, A, ANDOH, T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Neoplasms - congenital Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Brain Neoplasms - surgery Frontal Lobe - diagnostic imaging Frontal Lobe - surgery Hemangioma, Cavernous - congenital Hemangioma, Cavernous - diagnostic imaging Hemangioma, Cavernous - surgery Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Neoplasms, Second Primary - congenital Neoplasms, Second Primary - diagnostic imaging Neoplasms, Second Primary - surgery Neurology Parietal Lobe - diagnostic imaging Parietal Lobe - surgery Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Three cases of symptomatic cavernous angioma occurring in the 1st year of life are presented. All three patients were treated with radical extirpation. Postoperatively, two of them improved, but the third died due to cerebral herniation secondary to recurrence of bleeding of the lesion. The clinical characteristics of cavernous angioma in the 1st year of life are briefly discussed and a review of the literature presented, including 16 previous cases operated on directly.
ISSN:	0256-7040 1433-0350
DOI:	10.1007/BF00316563