Multiple cerebral cavernous angiomas. Case report

This 26-year-old woman was admitted to Neurosurgery Department in 1972 for the first time due to increased intracranial pressure and since observed and treated by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt during next twenty years. First symptoms such as visual disturbances, hemiparesis and hemianesthesia appeared 8 years earlier followed 4 years later by epileptic fits. Ventriculography revealed hydrocephalus and the tumor in the region of the third ventricle. CT scan visualized multiple hyperdense foci. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt provided good improvement. During the next twenty years condition of the patient gradually worsened. Diagnosis of multiple cavernous angiomas was established only at autopsy.