INTRODUCTION: Intracranial cavernous hemangiomas are benign vascular malformations that can be divided into intra-axial and extra-axial types. Extra-axial cavernous angiomas (or hemangiomas) are rare lesions; intracranially, they arise in relation to the dura mater or at a spinal level mimicking meningiomas. They are very rarely reported in the posterior cranial fossa. CASE REPORT: The authors report a case of a cavernous angioma that occurred in the cerebellar falx of a 58-year-old man. The lesion was discovered during cranial computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations. The patient underwent surgery with en-bloc removal of the tumor. No significant intraoperative bleeding or complications occurred during the postoperative course. CONCLUSION: Intra-axial and extra-axial cavernous angiomas are histopathologically identical lesions, but by the radiological features, it is very difficult to distinguish the extra-axial cavernous angiomas from meningiomas, especially when dural tail sign and calcification are present.

Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Angioma of the Cerebellar Falx / Angelina Graziella, Melone; Catia P., Delfinis; Emiliano, Passacantilli; Jacopo, Lenzi; Santoro, Antonio. - In: WORLD NEUROSURGERY. - ISSN 1878-8750. - 74:4-5(2010), pp. 501-504. [10.1016/j.wneu.2010.07.015]

Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Angioma of the Cerebellar Falx

SANTORO, Antonio
2010

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INTRODUCTION: Intracranial cavernous hemangiomas are benign vascular malformations that can be divided into intra-axial and extra-axial types. Extra-axial cavernous angiomas (or hemangiomas) are rare lesions; intracranially, they arise in relation to the dura mater or at a spinal level mimicking meningiomas. They are very rarely reported in the posterior cranial fossa. CASE REPORT: The authors report a case of a cavernous angioma that occurred in the cerebellar falx of a 58-year-old man. The lesion was discovered during cranial computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations. The patient underwent surgery with en-bloc removal of the tumor. No significant intraoperative bleeding or complications occurred during the postoperative course. CONCLUSION: Intra-axial and extra-axial cavernous angiomas are histopathologically identical lesions, but by the radiological features, it is very difficult to distinguish the extra-axial cavernous angiomas from meningiomas, especially when dural tail sign and calcification are present.
2010
cerebellar falx; hemangioma; intra-axial cavernous angioma; extra-axial cavernous angioma
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Intracranial Extra-axial Cavernous Angioma of the Cerebellar Falx / Angelina Graziella, Melone; Catia P., Delfinis; Emiliano, Passacantilli; Jacopo, Lenzi; Santoro, Antonio. - In: WORLD NEUROSURGERY. - ISSN 1878-8750. - 74:4-5(2010), pp. 501-504. [10.1016/j.wneu.2010.07.015]
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