Cerebellar Venous Angioma Confused with Peripheral Vestibulopathy.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.8.704
- Author:
Min Kwan BAEK
1
;
Heung Eog CHA
;
Youn Hee JU
;
Ju Hyoung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Incheon, Korea. febent@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Central nervous system venous angioma;
Cerebellum;
Dizziness
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Brain;
Central Nervous System Venous Angioma;
Cerebellum;
Dizziness;
Headache;
Hearing;
Hemangioma;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Nausea;
Seizures;
Tinnitus;
Vascular Malformations;
Veins;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2009;52(8):704-708
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Venous angioma is a congenital disease of vascular malformation, which is a mass like lesion consisted of dilated medullary veins. It is generally a silent lesion since it is found in normal brain tissues and tends to have low blood flow and pressure. The venous angioma could be diagnosed with magnetic resonance imaging and angiography, but most of them are incidentally diagnosed, because it is usually asymptomatic. The patients with venous angioma have nonspecific symptoms, such as headache, nausea and vomiting, seizures, progressive neurological deficit and hemorrhage. In particular, the venous angioma in cerebellum could cause hearing disturbance, tinnitus and dizziness. We report a case of venous angioma in cerebellum that had been mistaken for peripheral vestibulopathy in a patient complaining of dizziness
