TY - JOUR
T1 - Cavernous angioma associated with arteriovenous malformation of the brain - Case report
AU - Kamiyama, Hironaga
AU - Nishimura, Shinjitsu
AU - Kaimori, Mitsuhiro
AU - Watanabe, Mika
AU - Furuno, Yuichi
AU - Saito, Atsushi
AU - Nishijima, Michiharu
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - A 61-year-old man presented a rare case of cerebral cavernous angioma associated with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) manifesting as headache. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an AVM in the right occipital lobe and a cavernous angioma in the left middle fossa. The patient underwent left frontotemporal craniotomy with total resection of the left parasellar intra-axial tumor. One month after the first operation, he underwent right occipital craniotomy with total resection of the right occipital AVM. The histological diagnoses were cavernous angioma and AVM, respectively. Immunostaining for angiogenic growth factors and structural proteins revealed different expression patterns of alpha-smooth muscle actin in these structures. Expression of structural proteins may reflect differences in their pathogenesis.
AB - A 61-year-old man presented a rare case of cerebral cavernous angioma associated with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) manifesting as headache. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an AVM in the right occipital lobe and a cavernous angioma in the left middle fossa. The patient underwent left frontotemporal craniotomy with total resection of the left parasellar intra-axial tumor. One month after the first operation, he underwent right occipital craniotomy with total resection of the right occipital AVM. The histological diagnoses were cavernous angioma and AVM, respectively. Immunostaining for angiogenic growth factors and structural proteins revealed different expression patterns of alpha-smooth muscle actin in these structures. Expression of structural proteins may reflect differences in their pathogenesis.
KW - Arteriovenous malformation
KW - Brain
KW - Cavernous angioma
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U2 - 10.2176/nmc.50.131
DO - 10.2176/nmc.50.131
M3 - Article
C2 - 20185878
AN - SCOPUS:77249125319
VL - 50
SP - 131
EP - 134
JO - Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
JF - Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
SN - 0470-8105
IS - 2
ER -