[Multiple cerebral cavernous haemangiomas in a woman with visual hallucinations]

Abstract

Cerebral vascular malformations is a common condition though it remains clinically silent in the vast majority of patients. Symptoms comprise seizures, headaches, focal neurological deficits and unconsciousness due to major cerebral haemor-rhage. A 31-year-old woman was referred for assessment of intermittent visual hallucinations, headache and dizziness. A magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed multiple supra- and infratentorial cavernous haemangiomas. The woman suffered from simple focal seizures with visual hallucinations every twenty minutes. The biggest haemangioma was surgically removed and the epileptic condition was treated with drugs.