Spinal cord cavernous malformation in a patient with familial intracranial cavernous malformations

Neurosurgery. 1990 May;26(5):877-80. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199005000-00025.

Abstract

The case of a 30-year-old woman with a hemorrhage caused by a rare intramedullary cavernous malformation is presented. The patient underwent laminectomy with total removal of the lesion. A cranial magnetic resonance imaging scan demonstrated multiple cavernous malformations. The patient's asymptomatic sister also had multiple intracranial cavernous malformations, one of which was associated with a venous malformation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / genetics