Tumefactive demyelination associated with developmental venous anomaly: Report of two cases

Mingming Ma; James Y Chen; Edward D Plowey; Nancy Fischbein; Michael Iv

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.02.012

Tumefactive demyelination associated with developmental venous anomaly: Report of two cases

Clin Imaging. 2017 May-Jun:43:194-198. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.02.012. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Authors

Mingming Ma¹, James Y Chen², Edward D Plowey³, Nancy Fischbein⁴, Michael Iv⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, United States. Electronic address: mmma@stanford.edu.
² Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
³ Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, United States.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, United States.

PMID: 28364723
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.02.012

Abstract

We present two cases of tumefactive demyelination (TD) occurring in close association with a developmental venous anomaly (DVA). Our purpose is to describe the association between demyelinating lesions and venous anomalies, as only one case of TD associated with a DVA has been published in the literature. Appropriate recognition of this "do not touch" lesion may avoid invasive and potentially harmful procedures such as biopsy or resection.

Keywords: Developmental venous anomaly; Tumefactive demyelination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy / adverse effects
Demyelinating Diseases / etiology*
Demyelinating Diseases / surgery
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Vascular Malformations / complications*