Surgical Excision of Familial Cavernous Angioma in the Pontomedullary Region
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Japan Neurosurgical Society in Neurologia medico-chirurgica
- Vol. 30 (6) , 422-427
- https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.30.422
Abstract
The authors report on a surgical case of cavernous angioma in the pontomedullary region. A 60-year-old male exhibited a progressive neurological deficit consisting mainly of bulbar paresis and cerebellar signs, without ictal episodes, and computed tomographic scans showed growth of the lesion over 3 years. On preoperative assessment, a glial tumor was suspected to coexist with a cavernous angioma. The vascular malformation was totally excised successfully. This case also revealed an unusual familial occurrence.Keywords
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