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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
[Pontine cavernous angioma (cavernoma) with initial ENT manifestations]
V Pino Rivero1, A González Palomino, C G Pantoja Hernández
1Facultativo Especialista de Otorrinolaringología, Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
Abstract:
We report the case of a 22 years old female who consulted us for facial parestesias, hearing loss in right ear and sudden tinnitus. Her audiometry showed an unilateral discreet sensorineural hipoacusia and the cranial IRM, a mass of 20 mm diameter in right pontine region and bulbus informed as cavernous angioma with signs of recent bleeding. The patient was sent to Neurosurgery but she refused the intervention. The risk of hemorrhage in the cavernomas is estimated at 0.25% to 1.6% per year and represents the main reason to advise a surgical treatment.
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