Congenital cavernous angioma exhibits a progressive decrease in size after birth

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Hayashi, Shigeto ^a   Kondoh, Takeshi ^a   Morishita, Akitsugu ^a   Sasayama, Takashi ^a   Marin Sanabria, Elio A ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Congenital vascular malformation; MR imaging; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 1842529567     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0844-8     Document Type: Article

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