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Cavernous Angioma Presenting as Atypical Facial and Head Pain

Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Peter H. Berman, MD

Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Luis Schut, MD

Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Recurrent headache is a common pediatric problem. As the differential diagnosis of headache is extensive, physicians rely on the mode of presentation to focus any investigation. A report of an adolescent in whom atypical facial and head pain caused by a preexisting cerebellar cavernous angioma is presented. Facial pain and headache resolved following excision of the tumor. (J Child Neurol 1990;5:27-30).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 5, No. 1, 27-30 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/088307389000500105


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