Occipital Cavernous Malformation. Case Report and Literature Review



Enrique Marcos Sierra Benítez, MD1*, Mairianny Quianella León Pérez, MD2, Yohanny Pérez González, MD1, Javier Martínez Gómez, MD3, Odaliza Casañola Chávez, MD4 and Esteban Cabrales Manrique, MD3

1 Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández Hospital, Provincial Department of Neurosurgery, Cuba.

2 Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández Hospital, Provincial Department of Internal Medicine, Cuba.

3 Mario Muñoz Monroy Hospital, Department of Intensive Care, Cuba.

4 Mario Muñoz Monroy Hospital, Department of Comprehensive General Medicine, Cuba.

*Corresponding Author: Enrique Marcos Sierra Benítez MD, Hospital Comander Faustino Pérez Hernández. Provincial Department of Neurosurgery, Matanzas, Cuba.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOANE.2023.04.0103

Received: September 14, 2023     Published: September 25, 2023

 

Abstract

We present a 47-year-old female patient with a personal pathological history of squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix treated with multimodal therapy. She is rushed to our hospital because of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. After performing computed axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies of the skull, an occipital lesion was evident that was located above the tentorium cerebellum in relation to her right transverse sinus. An occipital approach is performed where said lesion is completely resected. The anatomical-pathological result shows a Cavernoma, an unusual vascular lesion of the nervous system.

Keywords: Brain vascular malformation, Cerebral cavernoma, cervix

Citation: Benítez EMS, Perez MQL, Gonzalez YP, Gomez JM, Cha vez OC, Manrique EC. Occipital Cavernous Malformation. Case Report and Literature Review. SVOA Neurology 2023, 4:5, 125-129.