Cavernomas

Cavernomas

Cavernous angiomas or cavernomas, are a type of vascular malformations. It is a berry-like malformation, filled with capillary blood vessels.

Some of the symptoms associated with cavernomas are:

  • Headaches, which can manifest as sudden onset, intense headache due to acute rupture and bleeding, or as a chronic constant headache.
  • Intracerebral bleeding tends to occur due to the anomalous vessel formation. Depending on the site of rupture consequences may be null or may cause severe impairment.
  • Epilepsy usually associated with lesions localized to the temporal or frontal lobe. When surgical removal of the cavernoma is done, there is a high possibility of achieving epilepsy control.

Although CT scan may suggest the presence of this type of lesion, MRI is the image of choice. When treatment is needed surgery is the first line option. In some selected cases, radiotherapy may be used.

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