Angiographic resolution of a neonatal intracranial cavernous hemangioma coincident with steroid therapy

Abstract

✓ A case is reported in which an inoperable cavernous hemangioma present from birth and involving the left orbit and left middle cranial fossa was totally resolved as the patient was treated with large doses of steroids. During treatment the patient exhibited a persistent thrombocytosis. Serial angiographic studies indicated that resolution was accompanied by occlusion of the branches of the internal and external carotid arteries feeding the lesion.