Frontal cavernoma

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Chronic headaches. Incidental finding.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
mri

Small well-defined rounded lesion of juxtacortical location in the right frontal lobe. It displays a mixed-signal intensity centrally on both T1 and T2 with prominent blooming on the GE sequence. No enhancement or surrounding edema is seen.

Small vessel ischemic change is noted in the right frontal region.

Case Discussion

MRI features of a cerebral cavernous venous malformation (cavernoma) type II according to Zabramski classification.

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