Clinical features and microsurgical treatment of intracranial cavernous angiomas

VernacularTitle:颅内海绵状血管瘤的临床特征与显微外科治疗
Author: Guo-Bin CAO ¹ ; Yong-Jian LU ; Wei-Wen HE ; Ze-Lu FANG ; Jian-Wei WU ; Ming-Chaug LI
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1. 广州医学院附属第二医院
Keywords: Cavernous angioma; Microsurgery
From: Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2009;8(1):51-53
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical and neuroimaging features and microsurgical approaches of intracranial cavernous angiomas (CA). Methods The clinical and neuroimaging features and mierosurgical approaches were analyzed retrospectively in 189 cases of intracranial CA. Results Of the 189 cases, 183 presented with CA in the cerebral parenchyma and clinical manifestations including predominantly headache, epilepsy, and hemorrhage, and were managed by radical resection of the CA. The other 6 cases showed intracranial CA in the middle cranial fossa, for which radical CA resection was performed in 5 cases and biopsy in 1 case. Conclusion Microsurgeries are safe and effective for treatment of intracranial CA and may achieve good clinical outcomes.