A Case of Status Epilepticus Caused by a Venous Angioma of Brain.

Koo,  Hyun Hoe; Kim,  Won Seop; Pae,  Il Hun

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Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 2001;9(2):398-401.
Published online October 30, 2001.

A Case of Status Epilepticus Caused by a Venous Angioma of Brain.

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung Buk National University, Chungju, Korea.
²Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Chung Buk National University, Chungju, Korea.

Abstract

Venous malformations has been shown to be the most common intracranial vascular malformation autopsy and clinical series. Cerebral venous malformation is associated with different frequnecies of epileptic seizures. Only in about 25% of cases are venous malformation diagnosed because of the occurrence of epileptic seizures. We report a case of 4 year-old female patient with status epilepticus caused by venous angioma in the right temporal lobe of the brain.

Key Words: Status epilepticus, Venous angioma

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