Findings - Heterogeneous mass - Intr...

 | Findings - Heterogeneous mass - Intrinsic T1 and lowT2 margin - Blooming artifact at GRE
Differential - Cavernous malformation - Diffuse axonal injury - Arteriovenous malformation - Hemorrhagic neoplasm |
Cavernous Malformation
- Cavernous Malformation = cavernoma, cavernous angioma, cavernous hemangioma
- Benign sporadic or familial low pressure vascular lesion with bleeding propensity
- Locules of blood in different phases
- 50% have calcification
- T2* GRE blooming artifact
- Asymptomatic->Seizures->Major hemorrhage
- Associated with developmental venous anomaly