Venous angioma, also known as venous developmental abnormality, is a benign congenital brain modification characterized by an abnormal malformation and accumulation of certain brain veins that are generally larger than normal.
In most cases, venous angioma causes no symptoms and is therefore detected by chance when the person performs a CT or MRI of the brain for another reason; as it is considered benign and has no symptoms, venous angioma does not require treatment.
- However.
- Venous angioma can be severe when it causes symptoms such as seizures.
- Neurological problems or bleeding.
- Which must be surgically removed.
- Only in these cases is surgery performed to treat venous angioma because the risk of sequelae is higher.
- Depending on the location of the angioma.
Venous angioma usually doesn’t cause symptoms, but in some cases the person may experience headaches.In rarer cases where venous angioma is longer or compromises the proper functioning of the brain, other symptoms may occur, such as seizures, dizziness, tinnitus, numbness.on one side of the body, vision or hearing problems, tremors or decreased sensitivity, for example.
Because it doesn’t cause symptoms, venous angioma is only identified when your doctor requests an imaging exam, such as a CT scan or MRI of the brain, to diagnose migraine, for example.
Because venous angioma has no symptoms and is benign, most of the time no specific treatment is necessary, only a medical follow-up; However, when symptoms are observed, in addition to follow-up, the neurologist may recommend use.medicines for relief, including antiepileptic medications.
Complications of venous angioma are usually related to the degree of malformation and location of the angioma, as well as being more common after surgery, so, depending on the location of the venous angioma, possible sequelae are:
If surgery is needed, the sequelae of venous angioma, which vary by location, may include:
Because surgery is associated with complications, it is only recommended for bleeding in the brain, when an angioma is associated with other brain damage, or when the seizures that follow this angioma do not resolve with the use of medication.