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Two cases of cystic cavernous haemangioma of the brain are reported. In both cases, an erroneous diagnosis of cystic glioma was made, because of the unusual CT scan findings.
Cavernous haemangiomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial cystic lesions.
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Vaquero, J., Cabezudo, J.M. & Leunda, G. Cystic cavernous haemangiomas of the brain. Acta neurochir 67, 135–138 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401673
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401673