Cerebral cavernous venous malformation

Case contributed by Naqibullah Foladi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Seizures

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female

Cortical based lesion, with peripherally hemosiderin stain in the left frontal lobe, showing central high T1 and T2 signal intensities with no surrounding edema.

Marked blooming artifact detected in T2*GRE.

Case Discussion

Features are of cerebral cavernous venous malformation. The absence of edema can be assuring of no recent bleeding.

 

This case is contributed by Dr. Naqibullah Foladi, and Dr. Najibullah Rasouly.

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