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Neuroradiological and Neuropathological Findings in Intracranial Cavernous Angiomas

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Modern Methods in Neurosurgery

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Intracranial cavernous angiomas, also known as cavernomas, are a rarely diagnosed vascular malformation. They account for approximately 5%–13% of all vascular malformations (41, 55). Cavernomas consist of partly thrombosed vessel convolutions with large cavernous vessel spaces. Direct angiographic confirmation is usually impossible because of the thrombosis and the slow blood flow in cavernomas. In CT and MRI they appear as non- or minimally space-occupying, well demarcated lesions frequently containing calcifications (7, 9, 67).

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Bien, S., Schumacher, M., Volk, B. (1988). Neuroradiological and Neuropathological Findings in Intracranial Cavernous Angiomas. In: Walter, W., Brandt, M., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Modern Methods in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73294-2_37

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