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cavernous

[kav´er-nus]

1. pertaining to a hollow.

2. cavitary.

cav·ern·ous

(kav'er-nŭs),

Relating to a cavern or a cavity; containing many cavities.

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cavernous

(kăv′ər-nəs)

adj.

Anatomy Filled with cavities or hollow areas; porous.

cav′ern·ous·ly adv.

cav·ern·ous

(kav'ĕr-nŭs)

Relating to a cavern or a cavity; containing many cavities.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive ?

Enzinger, "Spindle cell hemangioendothelioma: a low grade angiosarcoma resembling a cavernous haemangioma and Kaposi's sarcoma," American Journal of Surgical Pathology, vol.

Spindle Cell Hemangioma in the Mucosa of the Upper Lip: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Isolated SOVT is extremely rare, and the association of SOVT and cavernous sinus thrombosis is more commonly seen [2].

Superior and Inferior Ophthalmic Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Lung Cancer

Trigeminal schwannomas in the cavernous sinus usually arise in the Meckel's cave and demonstrate secondary anterior extension (2).

IMAGING EVALUATION OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA/Trigeminal Nevraljide Goruntuleme

Its primary symptoms include idiopathic granulomatous infammation of the cavernous sinus, superior orbital fissure, and/or the apex of the orbit (3,4).

Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome - Cranial Neuroimaging Findings

Intramedullary Cavernous Angiomas of the Spinal Cord.

Intramedullary cavernoma with extralesional haemorrhage

The patient was finally diagnosed with intracranial space-occupying lesions and cavernous hemangioma.

Pregnancy Combined with Epilepsy and Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

Blood samples were sent to the laboratory for cavernous blood gases, full blood count, and renal function tests.

Priapism: a case study and review

The acute development of a cavernous sinus syndrome with associated cranial nerve deficits in conjunction with an aneurysm entirely encased within a neoplastic lesion supports the diagnosis of an acutely enlarging pseudoaneurysm, and we describe the first reported use of endovascular flow diversion therapy in such a setting.

Endovascular therapy using flow diversion for giant internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm arising in the setting of an invasive pituitary macroadenoma

(2,4) The types of hemangiomas include capillary type, cavernous type, and mixed type.

Practical lessons from the small bowel bleeding lesions: A case report on small bowel cavernous hemangioma

Cavernous degeneration of the optic nerve (also known as Schnabel cavernous degeneration) is considered a morphologic variant of ION.

Pathology of Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

An orbital MRI performed later demonstrated the presence of a dilated left superior ophthalmic vein (Figure 2) and suggested a carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) as the provisional diagnosis.

Epileptic Seizures Induced by a Spontaneous Carotid Cavernous Fistula

Allen and Enzinger classified them into three types based on histopathological features into capillary (50%), cavernous (29%), and mixed (21%).

Intramuscular Cavernous Hemangioma of Medial Rectus Muscle in Paediatric Age Group