Mri findings in giant pontine capillary telangiectasis asso - ciated with a developmental venous anomaly

Authors

  • H N Ozcan Radiology
  • S Avcu Radiology
  • J De Bleecker Neurology, AZ Sint Lucas Hospital, Gent, Belgium
  • M Lemmerling Radiology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.670

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Telangiectasia

Abstract

We report a 32-year-old woman with an exceptionally large capillary telangiectasia in the brainstem which is associated with a developmental venous anomaly (DVA). Her major problems were nystagmus in both eyes, binocular diplopia, gait abnormalities, cerebellar ataxia, slightly disturbed finger-nose test, an instable Romberg test and obvious dysartria. The diagnosis was made on the basis of specific imaging findings, and the use of gradient echo-weighted images proved to be helpful in making a differential diagnostic decision.

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2011-05-10

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