Dural-Based Cavernoma of the Posterior Cranial Fossa Mimicking a Meningioma: A Case Report
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Dural-Based Cavernoma of the Posterior Cranial Fossa Mimicking a Meningioma: A Case Report
Cavernous angiomas usually occur in the parenchyma of both the supra and infratentorial compartments. At times, they can both clinically and radiologically mimic other dural-based lesions. We present a case of a patient with chronic occipital headaches, initially thought to have a meningioma, but proven to be a cavernoma with histological analysis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.560