Embolic pulmonary complication of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation treatment.

A 34-year-old man was admitted in the emergency room with headache, vomiting, gait ataxia, dizziness and vertigo. He was submitted to a cranial CT that showed an important hydrocephalus secondary to a forth ventricle compression by a posterior fossa hematoma. He received advanced life support in an intensive care unit (ICU) and was submitted to an external ventricular drainage (EVD), posteriorly converted to ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) (visualized in the right hemithorax). After stabilization a magnetic resonance image (MRI) and an arteriography revealed a large cerebellum arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Embolic pulmonary complication of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation treatment