1MD, Department of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil; 2MD, Ph.D, Department of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. Correspondence: Diogo Goulart Corrêa; Rua Rodolpho Paulo Rocco 255 / Cidade Universitária / Ilha do Fundão; 21941-913 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of inter...

We report the unusual case of a patient with neurofibromatosis type I, who was irradiated 16 years previously for a mesencephalic glioma causing hydrocephalus, and who developed a cerebellar haemorrhage caused by a histologically confirmed cavernous angioma, that was invisible on several earlier MRI scans. The different hypotheses concerning the de novo formation of cavernous angiomas (venous o...

abstract deep seated cavernous angioma (ca) is a very rare entity, those occurring in the hypothalamus are still less common. we present a case of a 52-year-old man who presented with behavior and memory disturbance attacks. he had a ca of the hypothalamus as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (mri). we will discuss the role and importance of imaging in such scenario and also the differenti...