Intracranial extra-axial cavernous (hem)angiomas: Tumors or vascular malformations? Report of five cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-104

  Biondi, A ^a   Clemenceau, S ^a   Dormont, D ^a   Deladoeuille, M ^a   Ricciardi, G K ^a   Mokhtari, K ^a   Sichez, J P ^a   Marsault, C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Cavernoma; Cavernous sinus; Cerebral angiography; Classification; Dura mater; Dural malformations; Falx; Hemangioma; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STROMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036628253     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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