MULTIPLE INTRACEREBRAL INTRAVASCULAR PAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL HYPERPLASIA

Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is a rare benig n reactive lesion usually found in thrombosed subcutaneous blood vesse ls. It uncommonly occurs in the central nervous system and may be mist aken for a more malignant type of tumour such as angiosarcoma. We pres ent a first case of multiple IPEH occurring intracranially in a 51-yea r-old woman. She developed neurological compromises secondary to the m ass affect of the haematoma arising from one of the lesions. Prompt su rgical evacuation of the haematoma stabilized her condition. Surgical treatment, pathological findings, radiographic characteristics, and a review of the literature are presented.