Aqueduct compression from venous angioma: MR findings

C C Blackmore; A C Mamourian

Aqueduct compression from venous angioma: MR findings

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1996 Mar;17(3):458-60.

Authors

C C Blackmore¹, A C Mamourian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.

PMID: 8881239
PMCID: PMC8337980

Abstract

Vascular compression as the cause of aqueductal stenosis is rare. In a 16-year-old girl with hydrocephalus, MR imaging provided evidence of aqueductal stenosis caused by a venous angioma in the tectum and midbrain. This indicates the usefulness of MR imaging for the evaluation of obstructive hydrocephalus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology*
Cerebral Aqueduct / pathology
Cerebral Aqueduct / physiopathology*
Female
Hemangioma / diagnosis
Hemangioma / physiopathology*
Humans
Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
Hydrocephalus / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pressure