Cerebral venous malformation with meningioma: A case report

Mu,Qingchun; Zhang,Kun; Wang,Justin; Sayari,Arash; Huang,Haiyan

doi:10.3892/etm.2016.3007

Cerebral venous malformation with meningioma: A case report

Authors:
- Qingchun Mu
- Kun Zhang
- Justin Wang
- Arash Sayari
- Haiyan Huang
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Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China, Cerebrovascular Center, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Published online on: January 19, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3007
Pages: 939-942

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Abstract

A 43-year-old female patient was admitted to The First Hospital of Jilin University (Changchun, China) on 1st October 2011 with a 10‑day history of discontinuous, whole‑brain headache and a 1‑year history of impaired vision and memory deterioration, accompanied by right facial numbness. Clinical signs and radiological features observed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) led to the diagnosis of an intracranial meningioma accompanied by a cerebral venous malformation (CVM). The patient underwent neurosurgical resection of the meningioma, but required no further treatment for the CVM. At a 1‑year follow‑up examination, the patient continued to complain of discontinuous headache. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was used to reconfirm the CVM diagnosis; however, no treatment was administered due to the high risks of treatment and only mild symptoms experienced by the patient. The present case demonstrates the efficacy of DSA for detecting the presence and specific nature of CVM, and compares the value of MRI and DSA in the diagnosis of CVM. The majority of CVM patients exhibit no clinical symptoms, and the disease prognosis is typically favorable.

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