SUPRATENTORIAL AND INFRATENTORIAL MULTIPLE CAVERNOUS ANGIOMAS IN AN INFANT - REPORT WITH MR EVALUATION OF AN UNUSUAL CASE

A rare case of multiple cavernous angiomas with repealed hemorrhages i n a 9-month-old male infant is presented, together with sequential com puted tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images, The infant u nderwent hematoma evacuation for left cerebellar hemorrhage, and his p ostoperative course was uneventful. The multiple cavernous angiomas re ceded gradually without any treatment except the hematoma evacuation, Two years following presentation, he continues to do well. To the auth ors' knowledge, this is the first report of multiple cavernous angioma s with brain stem involvement in an infant.