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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(12): 895
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170154
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Multiple sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations

Múltiplos cavernomas cerebrais esporádicos
Rodrigo Alencar e Silva
1   Hospital Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel, Divisão de Neurologia, Natal RN, Brasil
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Thadeu Alexandre Paulino de Souza
2   Hospital Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel, Divisão de Radiologia, Natal RN, Brasil
,
Thiago Cardoso Vale
3   Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital Universitário, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Juiz de Fora MG, Brasil
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A 32-year-old previously healthy man presented with headache that progressively worsened during the day. He denied any previous history of headache and trauma. There was no family history of neurological diseases. Examination revealed nuchal rigidity. Cranial computed tomography disclosed a left frontal hemorrhage. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM). The patient received conservative treatment. Cerebral cavernous malformations are commonly described in the familial form and are frequently asymptomatic. When symptoms do occur, seizures are the most common followed by focal deficits and headache[1]. Several mutations in CCM genes have already been identified in patients with sporadic disease[2].

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Figure 1 Axial cranial CT scan: an oval-shaped hyperdense lesion in the left frontal lobe with perilesional vasogenic edema and a small focus of blood in the contralateral frontal lobe.
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Figure 2 Brain MRI in axial T1 (A), Axial-susceptibility-weighted (B) and multiplanar reconstruction (C) showing an heterogeneous lesion with a hyperintense signal associated with perilesional vasogenic edema suggestive of acute hematoma. Additionally, there are multiple nodules with hypointense signal throughout the parenchyma and a subarachnoid hemorrhage in the left Sylvian fissure.


Publication History

Received: 25 January 2017

Accepted: 05 September 2017

Article published online:
01 September 2023

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