Letter by Filippidis et al regarding article, "Evaluating strategies for the treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations".

Intraventricular Cerebrovascular Pathologies of Hydrocephalus and Managements

Cavernous malformations (CM), also called cavernous angiomas and cavernomas, are lowflow vascular malformations that constitute 5-13% of all central nervous system vascular malformations (Moriarity et al., 1999; Raychaudhuri et al., 2005). On the other hand, IVC are rare pathological entities, constituting 2,5-10.8% of cerebral CM (Kivelev et al., 2010). The first report of an IVC was published...

Evaluating Strategies for the Treatment of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

Cerebral cavernous malformations are common vascular lesions of the central nervous system that predispose to seizures, focal neurological deficits, and potentially fatal hemorrhagic stroke. Human genetic studies have identified 3 genes associated with the disease, and biochemical studies of these proteins have identified interaction partners and possible signaling pathways. A recurring theme d...

Pneumocephalus mimicking cerebral cavernous malformations in MR susceptibility-weighted imaging.

We read with interest the article by de Souza et al 1 about the use of susceptibilityweighted imaging (SWI) for the evaluation of patients with cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). In this regard, we would like to report the following case: In November 2008, a 38-year-old woman presented with a history of left tinnitus and hypoacusis. The usual MR imaging sequences showed a left acoustic ne...

Cerebral cavernous malformations: serial magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with and without gamma knife surgery.

To classify the cerebral cavernous malformations and to investigate the natural history of cavernous malformations according to the classification, 41 patients with 61 cavernous malformations (40 cavernous malformations from 22 patients treated with gamma knife surgery) were regularly followed up using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for a mean period of 25.5 months in treated cavernous malform...

Letter by Huijts et al regarding article, "cerebral microbleeds and cognition in patients with symptomatic small vessel disease".