Open AccessMultiple intracranial cavernous angiomas: A rare case series
Author(s) -
Pradeepgoud H. Patil,
AC Shetti,
Ashwin Patil,
Vinaykumar C Udasi,
Kiran Desai,
Tejas B Gosalia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.96473
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , hemangioma , population , angioma , radiology , pathology , vascular disease , surgery , environmental health
Cavernous angiomas are cerebral cavernous malformations and they are relatively rare lesions. Two forms of cavernous angiomas have been described: a sporadic form, in which patients usually have a single lesion, and a familial form, the hallmarks of which are multiple lesions and autosomal dominant transmission. The familial form appears to be very uncommon and has mainly been described in the Hispanic population. We report two cases of multiple intracranial cavernous angiomas which is an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. It is very rare to find this in non Hispanic population