Abstract

HEREDIA-GUTIERREZ, Antonio  and  CARBARIN-CARBARIN, María E.. Brainstem cavernous malformations in pediatrics: case report and literature review. Cir. cir. [online]. 2025, vol.93, n.3, pp.328-332.  Epub Aug 22, 2025. ISSN 2444-054X.  https://doi.org/10.24875/ciru.22000227.

Cavernous malformations have a prevalence of 0.4% to 0.8% in the population. Its symptoms are seizures, headache, and motor and cranial nerve deficits. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with headache, right hemiparesis, ataxia, and involvement of left cranial nerves VI, VII, IX and X. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a left pontobulbar lesion. A cavernous malformation was resected. The patient showed resolution of the symptoms one year after surgery. Cavernous malformations of the brainstem in pediatrics are infrequent; when they bleed, surgery is recommended, and in asymptomatic lesions only neurological surveillance.

Keywords : Brain cavernous malformation; Pediatrics; Brainstem; Neurosurgery.

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