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Clinical Neuroradiology
Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology 2/2014

01-06-2014 | Correspondence

Cranial Dural Cavernous Angioma

Authors: S. Tsutsumi, MD, Y. Yasumoto, MD, H. Saeki, MD, M. Ito, MD

Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology | Issue 2/2014

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Cavernous angioma (CA) is a type of vascular malformation affecting the central nervous system. It is estimated to occur in 0.4–0.5 % of the population, and comprising 5–13 % of all cerebrovascular malformations [1‐3]. CA arising from the cranial dura mater, cranial dural cavernous angioma (CDCA), is an infrequent but distinct entity [4‐38]. They have been reported mainly as case documentations or small series of less than five patients [1, 18, 20, 23]. In the clinical setting, CDCAs have frequently been misdiagnosed as meningiomas on presurgical neuroimaging examination [5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14‐16, 19‐27, 29, 31, 32, 34‐36, 38]. …
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Metadata
Title
Cranial Dural Cavernous Angioma
Authors
S. Tsutsumi, MD
Y. Yasumoto, MD
H. Saeki, MD
M. Ito, MD
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Neuroradiology / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1869-1439
Electronic ISSN: 1869-1447
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-013-0210-5

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