Cavernoma dural de fosa media Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

Abstract

Introduction: Dural cavernomas are non-usual lesions. The main differential diagnosis is meningiomas. Clinical case: A 20-year-old woman presented with generalized seizures. The resonance shows an extraaxial lesion in the left sphenoid wing with characteristics of meningioma. At surgery was found a soft, reddish and vascularized mass. The biopsy reports dural cavernoma. Discussion: Dural cavernomas are histologically identical to parenchymatous ones, but they differ in their clinical presentation and imaging characteristics. They should be included in the differential diagnosis of dural-based extra-axial lesions. They behave as vascularized tumor lesions, which is why their main treatment is surgery.