Dural-Based Cavernoma of the Posterior Cranial Fossa Mimicking a Meningioma: A Case Report

Cavernous angiomas usually occur in the parenchyma of both the supra and infratentorial compartments. At times, they can both clinically and radiologically mimic other dural-based lesions. We present a case of a patient with chronic occipital headaches, initially thought to have a meningioma, but pr...

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Autores principales: Cruz, Aurora S, Jeyamohan, Shiveindra, Moisi, Marc, Tubbs, R. Shane, Page, Jeni, Chamiraju, Parthasarathi, Tkachenko, Lara, Rostad, Steven, Newell, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190725
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.560
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Sumario:Cavernous angiomas usually occur in the parenchyma of both the supra and infratentorial compartments. At times, they can both clinically and radiologically mimic other dural-based lesions. We present a case of a patient with chronic occipital headaches, initially thought to have a meningioma, but proven to be a cavernoma with histological analysis.

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