Multiple medullary venous malformations decreasing cerebral blood flow: case report

Surg Neurol. 1991 Feb;35(2):131-5. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(91)90264-a.

Abstract

A rare case of multiple medullary venous malformations in the right cerebral hemisphere is reported. The literature review yielded only one case of multiple medullary venous malformations. Computed tomography scan showed multiple calcified lesions with linear contrast enhancement representing abnormal dilated vessels and mild atrophic change of the right cerebral hemisphere. Single-photon emission computed tomography using N-isopropyl-p-(123I) iodoamphetamine demonstrated decreased cerebral blood flow in the right cerebral hemisphere.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology*
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Male
  • Medulla Oblongata / blood supply*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes