Case Report

Facial Vascular Anomalies Coexist With Intracranial Venous And Cavernous Angioma: A Case Report

  • Hasan Yiğit
  • Banu Yağmurlu
  • Nuray Yiğit
  • Pınar Koşar
  • İlhan Erden

Received Date: 29.11.2006 Accepted Date: 14.03.2007 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2007;60(2):76-80

Soft-tissue vascular anomalies consist of hemangiomas and vascular malformations. Vascular mal-formations are subclassified according to the predominant channel type, namely, arterial, venous, capillary, lymphatic, or a combination of these. Intracranial vascular malformations, on the other hand, consist of capillary telangiectasias, venous angiomas (developmental venous anomalies), cavernous angiomas, and arteriovenous malformations. We present a case who was found to have intracranial developmental venous anomaly and cavernous angioma during evaluation for facial cutaneous vascular anomalies. The coexistence of facial vascular anomalies and intracranial vas-cular anomalies is discussed as well.

Keywords: Vascular Neoplasms, Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations, Ultrasonog-raphy, Doppler, Tomography, Spiral Computed, Magnetic Resonance Imaging