Cavernous haemangioma in the interpeduncular cistern: case report and review of literature.

• Main Authors: Muzumdar D, Bhatjiwale M, Goel A, Doshi P
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2001-07-01
• Series: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
• Subjects: Case Report; Cavernous Sinus; pathology; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; complications; diagnosis; Diagnosis; Differential; Hemangioma; Cavernous; Central Nervous System; Human; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Age; Trigeminal Neuralgia; etiology
• Online Access: http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2001;volume=47;issue=3;spage=191;epage=3;aulast=Muzumdar
• ISSN: 0022-3859; 0972-2823

A rare case of a cavernous haemangioma in the interpeduncular cistern is reported. The patient, forty-five year old male presented with excruciating left sided trigeminal neuralgia and diplopia for the past one year. Examination revealed left third and fifth nerve paresis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-defined, lobulated tumour in the interpeduncular cistern. The tumour was totally excised through a subtemporal route. Histology of the tumour revealed a cavernous haemangioma. Extracerebral location for a cavernous haemangioma is rare. An interpeduncular cavernous haemangioma has never been reported earlier in literature. The clinical and radiological features are discussed and relevant literature is briefly reviewed.