PURPOSE We assessed the usefulness of superselective angiography in patients with micro-arteriovenous malformations. PATIENTS AND METHODS Five patients had superselective angiography for either diagnosis or treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations having a nidus of less than 1 cm. All patients presented with an intracerebral hematoma. RESULTS In one patient superselective angiography ...

Uterine arterio venous malformation is uncommon cause of menorrhagia. We report a rare case of arteriovenous malformation diagnosed after 18 years of suffering from menorrhagia.

AIMS We discuss our experience with the surgical management of scalp vascular malformation and review the literature on the subject. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A prospective case-control study of eight patients with scalp vascular malformations admitted to our hospital between 1997 and 2002. METHODS AND MATERIALS All the patients were investigated with selective internal and external carotid angio...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the nature, incidence, and radiologic appearance of intracranial vascular anomalies that occur in association with periorbital lymphatic malformation (LM) and lymphaticovenous malformation (LVM). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed clinical records and imaging studies of 33 patients ranging in age from the neonata...

d evelopmental venous anomaly is a widely used synonym for venous angioma or cerebral venous malformation [1]. DVAs are the most frequently encountered cerebral vascular malformation and are frequently reported as incidental findings in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies. Radiological and autopsy series have demonstrated that DVAs occur in 2.5 to 3% of the general popula...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It is uncertain whether familial occurrence of brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) represents coincidental aggregation or a shared familial risk factor. We aimed to compare the prevalence of BAVMs in first-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with BAVM and the prevalence in the general population. METHODS We sent a postal questionnaire to 682 patients diagnosed wit...