Talita Helena Martins Sarti, Luis Ángel Canache Jiménez, Isaque Hyung Tong Kim, René Alejandro ApazaTintaya, Michel Linné, Raphael Wuo-Silva, Feres Chaddad-Neto
Cavernous malformations (CMs) are rare, often oligosymptomatic vascular lesions. Common manifestations include seizures and focal neurological deficits. Depending on the symptoms, location, size, and risk factors of bleeding, such as the presence of a developmental venous anomaly, the injury can be highly morbid. Hence, one can consider surgical resection. Deep and eloquently located CMs, such as those located in the temporal trunk, can be quite challenging and require an exact operative technique.1-7 We present a 27-year-old patient with a history of headaches that began two years ago and significantly worsened in the last month, associated with visual blurring, scotomas, nausea, phonophobia, and photophobia as well as paresthesias in the hands and perioral region...
May 21, 2024: Operative Neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)