1.
Neurol India
;
2002 Jun; 50(2): 207-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-121423
ABSTRACT
A rare case of a mid brain venous angioma with obstructive hydrocephalus is described. A dilated draining vein from the lesion in the aqueduct as the cause of the hydrocephalus is highlighted, and interesting features of the pathology of venous angiomas and associated cavernous hemangioma are described. The management of this interesting condition is discussed.
Subject(s)
Central Nervous System Venous Angioma/complications , Cerebral Veins , Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts , Child , Humans , Hydrocephalus/etiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Mesencephalon/blood supply
2.
Neurol India
;
2001 Jun; 49(2): 206-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-120955
ABSTRACT
We describe a patient in whom a hypodense nonenhancing mass on CT scan in the regions of quadrigeminal cistern, and causing obstructive hydrocephalus, was initially diagnosed as an epidermoid but subsequent MR evaluation and surgery resulted in the diagnosis of a racemose cysticercus cyst.