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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2022; 17(01): 120-126
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749109
Case Report

Convexity Dura-Based Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Mimicking Meningioma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Raed Hassan Abujarir
1   Neurosurgery Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
,
Ali Ayyad
1   Neurosurgery Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
,
Ahmad Sotouhy
2   Department of Neuroradiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
,
Essam Bozom
3   Department of Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
,
Ahmed Shaaban
1   Neurosurgery Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
,
Aisha Al Kubaissi
1   Neurosurgery Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Abstract

Cavernous angioma, cavernoma, cavernous hemangioma, also called cerebral cavernous malformation (when present in the brain), are benign vascular malformations, usually intraparenchymal; however, a few reported cases are in the extra-axial location—as middle cranial fossa, near the cavernous sinuses, and in the cerebellopontine angle—and are rarely reported as dura-based convexity lesion resembling meningioma. We report a giant dura-based, convexity, a cerebral cavernous malformation. We wish to notify the case as occurring at a rare location and a large-sized cerebral cavernous malformation. A case of young female presented with a long-standing history of headache. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imagings (MRIs) suggested right occipital dura-based large mass lesion of approximately 5 cm in diameter. The lesion was excised and pathology studies confirmed the diagnosis of a cerebral cavernous malformation. A follow-up MRI confirmed total resection of the lesion and the patient had a smooth postoperative recovery.

Keywords

dura-based cavernous malformation - extra-axial cavernous malformation - cavernoma mimicking meninigioma

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15 July 2022

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