Intracranial cavernous angioma initially presenting in pregnancy with new-onset seizures

A case of an intracranial cavernous angioma, which presented with headaches and seizures in a pregnant patient, is described. Diagnosis was established with magnetic resonance imaging. A computer-assisted literature search uncovered no previously reported case of intracranial cavernous angioma initially presenting during pregnancy. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;178:612-3.)