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Glioblastoma Mimicking an Arteriovenous Malformation
- Source :
- Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 4 (2013), Frontiers in Neurology
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2013.
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Abstract
- Abnormal cerebral vasculature can be a manifestation of a vascular malformation or a neoplastic process. We report the case of a patient with angiography-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage who re-presented three years later with a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Although imaging following the intraparenchymal hemorrhage was suggestive of arteriovenous malformation, the patient was ultimately found to have an extensive glioblastoma associated with abnormal tumor vasculature. The case emphasizes the need for magnetic resonance imaging to investigate angiography-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage in suspicious cases to rule out occult etiologies, such as neoplasm. We also discuss diagnostic pitfalls when brain tumors are associated with hemorrhage and abnormal vasculature.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Vascular Malformations
arteriovenous malformation
Brain tumor
Astrocytoma
lcsh:RC346-429
Medicine
angiography
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
Stroke
lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Vascular malformation
Magnetic resonance imaging
Arteriovenous malformation
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
medicine.disease
Embolization, Therapeutic
Clinical Case Study
nervous system diseases
Neurology
Neurology (clinical)
Radiology
Glioblastoma
business
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16642295
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a91c6a1a903ca9f8e2c91796bb734143