Ipsilateral brain cavernoma under scleroderma plaque: a case report


Por: Gunness VRN, Munoz D, Gonzalez P, Alshafai N, Mikhalkova A and Spears J

Publicada: 8 ene 2019
Categoría: Medicine (miscellaneous)

Resumen:
Scleroderma is a rare disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by thickening and hardening of skin due to an increased collagen production. A 44-year-old female patient with a scleroderma on the scalp known by our department, also presented an ipsilateral brain lesion since 2015, which was showing growth without any clinical symptomatology and the patient wanted the lesion to be removed. This atypical lesion underneath the scleroderma shows that diagnosis can be missed without brain imaging and biopsy.

Filiaciones:
Gunness VRN:
 Neurosurgery Department St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Munoz D:
 Department of Laboratory Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gonzalez P:
 Neurosurgery Service, Alicante University General Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL-FISABIO Foundation), Alicante, Spain

Alshafai N:
 Neurosurgery Department, Royal Commission Hospital, Al Lulu Road, Fanateer, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Mikhalkova A:
 Neurosurgery Department, Academic Teaching Hospital of Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria

Spears J:
 Neurosurgery Department St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ISSN: 19378688





Pan African Medical Journal
Editorial
Pan African Medical Journal, PO BOX 12874, KAMPALA, 00000, UGANDA, Nigeria
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 32 Número:
Páginas: 13-13
WOS Id: 000461247300001
ID de PubMed: 31143318
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