PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Salehian, S.
AU  - Fischbein, N.J.
TI  - Association of Venous Malformation of the Head and Neck with Meningoencephalocele: Report of 3 Cases
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2074
DP  - 2011 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - E65--E68
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/4/E65.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/4/E65.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2011 Apr 01; 32
AB  - SUMMARY: Venous malformations have previously been reported to be associated with skeletal changes in humans, typically demineralization and localized deformation of the long bones. We report a presumed developmental association between venous malformations of the head and neck and meningoencephaloceles involving the sphenoid and temporal bones. Recognition of this association is important to avoid misinterpretation of these changes as a more aggressive process. We present the imaging findings and suggest an embryologic basis for this previously unreported association.