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Cavernous angioma of the brain stem simulating diffuse pontine glioma
X Ming1, C Gonzales, D Burrowes
1Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. mingxu@umdnj.edu
Journal of Child Neurology
|August 21, 2001
Abstract:
Brainstem vascular malformations can sometimes simulate other conditions such as multiple sclerosis and pontine glioma. We report a case of brainstem cavernous angioma for which clinical course and radiologic appearance were suggestive of a pontine glioma. The diagnosis was uncertain until the clinical and radiologic evolution made it clear that the patient had a cavernous angioma. We suggest that brainstem angioma be considered as a differential diagnosis for pontine glioma.