Familial versus sporadic cavernous malformations: differences in developmental venous anomaly association and lesion phenotype.
Familial versus sporadic cavernous malformations: differences in developmental venous anomaly association and lesion phenotype.
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10.3174/ajnr.a1822
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2010-02
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Hart BL
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Petersen TA;Morrison LA;Schrader RM;Hart BL
Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is commonly associated with a developmental venous anomaly (DVA), but the incidence of association in familial CCM is unknown. The presence of a DVA significantly complicates surgical management of a CCM because of the risk of compromised venous drainage. In this investigation, we compared the incidence of DVA in the presence of CCM in sporadic and familial CCM cases comprised predominantly of familial CCM with the southwestern U.S. common Hispanic mutation (or Q455X mutation) of CCM1. Retrospective review was performed of 112 patients identified with CCM. MRI review included presence or absence of DVA, and numbers, location, size and signal characteristics of CCMs. Record review included patient and family history and documented genetic mutations. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher’s Exact Test and 2 sample t test. 81 cases were familial, 18 were sporadic, and 13 were indeterminate. There were a total of 2212 CCMs: 2176, 21, and 15 in the familial, sporadic, and indeterminate cases, respectively. There was close association of CCM and DVA (an apparent combined vascular lesion) in 8 of 18 (44%) sporadic cases and only one possible such association in the familial cases. The difference is highly statistically significant (p < 0.0001). Familial CCMs are unlikely to be associated with DVA, and sporadic CCMs have a high rate of association with DVA. This difference in imaging features of familial and sporadic CCMs suggests the possibility of a different developmental mechanism.