Pontine cavernoma

Case contributed by Mahshid Bahrami
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Right side numbness and paresthesia

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
mri

There is an inta-axial heterogeneous popcorn-like lesion at the left aspect of pons, with signal changes due to hemorrhagic contents and blooming effect on GRE and T2-WI.

Case Discussion

Pontine cavernous malformation type II according to Zabramski classification of cerebral cavernous malformations.

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