CEREBRAL VASCULAR MALFORMATION – AN INCIDENTAL DISCOVERYAFTER A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Abstract:
We present the case of a 50-year old patient, with no history of illness, who is brought to the
emergency department suffering from a mild traumatic brain injury having fallen at home. The
neurological exam was normal. An emergency native cerebral CT scan showed a fine hyperdense band
in the right frontal lobe which persisted at a follow-up CT after 48 hours. The MRI scan revealed
incidentally a vascular malformation in the right frontal lobe. Conclusion: Incidental findings at a
native tomography scans should be thoroughly investigated using more sensitive imaging techniques
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