A RARE CEREBRAL VENOUS MALFORMATION MIMICKING AN EXTRAAXIAL MASS ON IMAGING

Abstract

Cerebral varices occur mostly in association with other vascular malformations such as developmental venous anomaly (DVA), dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) or arteriovenous malformations (AVM). Isolated cerebral varices also known as cerebral venous aneurysms are rarely reported cerebral vascular malformations. They may mimic brain neoplasms on neuroimaging studies and cause diagnostic challenges. We present an incidentally found isolated cerebral varix mimicking menngioma in a 72 year-old man presented with headache to our emergency department following traumatic head injury.