CEREBRAL VENOUS MALFORMATION COMPLICATED BY SPONTANEOUS THROMBOSIS

A case of spontaneous thrombosis and infarction leading to death as co mplications of a cerebral venous malformation in a 13-year-old boy is reported. This is the first published report of this type of complicat ion occurring in a case of venous angioma. While the biologic behavior of cerebral venous malformations has suggested that they are benign i n nature, and the results of surgical management have encouraged a con servative approach, the present case illustrates a potential complicat ion and argues against the assumption that these malformations are com pletely benign in nature.