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Deep Venous Anomaly

Deep Venous Anomaly IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Caput Medusa in the Brain 24-YEAR-OLD MAN vention was advised for this normal rounding normal cerebral tissue presented with a left venous system variant. within a functionally normal arte- facial partial seizure. rial territory. Therefore, any notion He had no neurologi- COMMENT of trying to remove or ablate them is A cal deficit. Brain mag- inappropriate, both because of their netic resonance imaging showed a Developmental venous anomalies, benign nature and because oblitera- possible vascular malformation in the also known as venous angiomas, are tion of a region’s venous drainage deep right frontal semiovale white a variation of normal venous drain- could lead to venous infarction. matter, a serpiginous structure ex- age; the brain tissue drained is also Andreas K. Demetriades, tending toward the medial right con- normal. Hence, the term develop- MBBChir, MPhil, vexity, demonstrating a flow void on mental venous anomaly is probably MRCS(Edin), MRCS(Eng) T2 images. There was no parenchy- more appropriate than venous an- mal or extraaxial hemorrhage. gioma, which would suggest a struc- John S. Norris, FRCS(SN) Digital subtraction angiography tural abnormality. The veins com- revealed a large developmental ve- prising a DVA often form a cluster Correspondence: Mr Demetriades, nous http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Neurology American Medical Association

Deep Venous Anomaly

Abstract

IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Caput Medusa in the Brain 24-YEAR-OLD MAN vention was advised for this normal rounding normal cerebral tissue presented with a left venous system variant. within a functionally normal arte- facial partial seizure. rial territory. Therefore, any notion He had no neurologi- COMMENT of trying to remove or ablate them is A cal deficit. Brain mag- inappropriate, both because of their netic resonance imaging showed a Developmental venous anomalies, benign nature and because...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6149
eISSN
2168-6157
DOI
10.1001/archneurol.2009.238
pmid
19901179
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Abstract

IMAGES IN NEUROLOGY Caput Medusa in the Brain 24-YEAR-OLD MAN vention was advised for this normal rounding normal cerebral tissue presented with a left venous system variant. within a functionally normal arte- facial partial seizure. rial territory. Therefore, any notion He had no neurologi- COMMENT of trying to remove or ablate them is A cal deficit. Brain mag- inappropriate, both because of their netic resonance imaging showed a Developmental venous anomalies, benign nature and because oblitera- possible vascular malformation in the also known as venous angiomas, are tion of a region’s venous drainage deep right frontal semiovale white a variation of normal venous drain- could lead to venous infarction. matter, a serpiginous structure ex- age; the brain tissue drained is also Andreas K. Demetriades, tending toward the medial right con- normal. Hence, the term develop- MBBChir, MPhil, vexity, demonstrating a flow void on mental venous anomaly is probably MRCS(Edin), MRCS(Eng) T2 images. There was no parenchy- more appropriate than venous an- mal or extraaxial hemorrhage. gioma, which would suggest a struc- John S. Norris, FRCS(SN) Digital subtraction angiography tural abnormality. The veins com- revealed a large developmental ve- prising a DVA often form a cluster Correspondence: Mr Demetriades, nous

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JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 2009

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