Presentation
Seizures
Patient Data
Age: 3 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cerebral cavernous venous malformation
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Within the right frontal lobule, a lesion with profound signal loss due to hemosiderin is noted and a "popcorn appearance", characteristic of a cavernous malformation (cavernoma).
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The appearances of a cavernoma have been likened to a popcorn kernel.