TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant cavernous malformation of the occipital lobe
AU - Chicani, Carlos Filipe
AU - Miller, Neil R.
AU - Tamargo, Rafael J.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - A 15-year-old boy who developed severe headaches and an incomplete homonymous hemianopia was found to have a large, well-circumscribed, multilobulated intracranial mass in the contralateral occipital lobe. The initial impression was that of a low-grade glioma or a vascular malformation. When the lesion increased in size and complexity, concern arose about the possibility of a malignant glioma. Upon craniotomy, it proved to be a giant cerebral cavernous malformation. This case is remarkable in that most cavernous malformations do not become symptomatic before the third decade of life and rarely attain such a large size.
AB - A 15-year-old boy who developed severe headaches and an incomplete homonymous hemianopia was found to have a large, well-circumscribed, multilobulated intracranial mass in the contralateral occipital lobe. The initial impression was that of a low-grade glioma or a vascular malformation. When the lesion increased in size and complexity, concern arose about the possibility of a malignant glioma. Upon craniotomy, it proved to be a giant cerebral cavernous malformation. This case is remarkable in that most cavernous malformations do not become symptomatic before the third decade of life and rarely attain such a large size.
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U2 - 10.1097/00041327-200306000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00041327-200306000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 12782930
AN - SCOPUS:0037642295
SN - 1070-8022
VL - 23
SP - 151
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -