{"id":9933,"date":"2021-02-08T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drandresmorales.com\/?p=9933"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:51:51","slug":"how-to-detect-cavernomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drandresmorales.com\/en\/neurosurgery\/how-to-detect-cavernomas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to detect cavernomas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cerebral cavernoma<\/strong><\/a>, also known as cavernous angioma<\/strong>, is a malformation of the blood vessels that can cause problems in the brain and spinal cord.<\/p>\n

It appears during brain development around different regions of the brain, and the abnormality that occurs, when several cavernomas form, is known as multiple cavernomatosis.<\/p>\n

Most often, cavernomas do not produce symptoms, but there are also cases in which the person suffers seizures, vision problems, weakness and tiredness, headache, difficulty speaking and understanding others.<\/p>\n

In more delicate situations, the patient suffers from nausea and vomiting, numbness on one side of the body, sudden and severe headaches, loss of vision or double vision, and difficulties in maintaining balance.<\/p>\n

In any case, when the aforementioned signs and symptoms occur, the person must seek medical advice.<\/p>\n

How to detect cavernomas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1613431806637{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]There are different methods to diagnose them. Often times, they are evidenced in images of the brain made to diagnose other neurological diseases.<\/p>\n

In the presence of symptoms that suggest the presence of a cavernoma, doctors usually request specific tests to confirm or rule out a malformation or to identify or rule out other related diseases.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”9929″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We also resort to images of the brain that allow us to reveal hemorrhages or the emergence of new malformations. In this case, we can resort to:<\/p>\n