RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Association of Venous Malformation of the Head and Neck with Meningoencephalocele: Report of 3 Cases
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP E65
OP E68
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A2074
VO 32
IS 4
A1 Salehian, S.
A1 Fischbein, N.J.
YR 2011
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/4/E65.abstract
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.