Abstract

CRUZ Z, Santiago S; ROJAS H, Juan Pablo; LOPEZ, Juan Manuel  and  MUNOZ, Yuly Andrea. Cavernous angiomatosis in children. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.3, pp.152-156. ISSN 0120-8748.

Intracranial vascular malformations are congenital lesions due to alterations in network development arterioca-pillary. Are presented in order of frequency, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous angiomas or cavernomas, venous angiomas and telangiectasias. This paper describe the case of a 3 year old boy diagnosed with multiple peripheral cerebral cavernous angio-matosis right with different clinical symptoms such as focal motor seizures, left hemiparesis, among others related to this pathology. Multiple cavernous angiomatosis has been described in adult patients, it is clear then that the case report contributes to the literature identifying special characteristics of clinical presentation and management in pediatric patients.

Keywords : Hemangioma; Carvernous; Epilepsy; Central Nervous Lysten Venous Angiome; Epilepsies; Partial; Paresis.

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