BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A large percentage of patients with a cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) show focal neurological signs or have a history of intracranial hemorrhage. The present study used transcranial Doppler sonography to assess the clinical significance of hemodynamic disturbances in the intracranial arteries of patients with an AVM. METHODS Eighteen patients with untreated AV...

BACKGROUND Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are dynamic lesions and have been documented to arise de novo, enlarge, regress, obliterate, and even recur. Spontaneous obliteration of AVM is a rare and poorly understood phenomenon. CASE DESCRIPTION We present a case of spontaneous obliteration of AVM in a 60-year-old gentleman who presented with intraparenchymal hemorrhage from a rupt...

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the brain is one of the important pathologic conditions which cause intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage, epilepsy, or chronic cerebral ischemia. The spontaneous regression of cerebral AVM is reported to be very rare and more likely to occur when the AVM is small, is accompanied by hemorrhage, and has fewer arterial feeders. We report a case of right occi...

Although arteriovenous malformations (AVM) occur frequently in digestive organs, pancreatic AVM is rare. The clinical symptoms of pancreatic AVM are variable and include gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal pain, jaundice, portal hypertension, pancreatitis, and duodenal ulcer. However, choledochoduodenal or pancreaticoduodenal fistulas complicated with ascending infection and pancreatitis is ex...

Background and Aim: This study aimed at analyzing the demographic characteristics of the patients with non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, their angiographic results and the correlation between computed tomography (CT) scan and angiography findings. Methods and Materials/Patients: In a descriptive study, we retrospectively reviewed the records of the patients with non-traumatic intracranial...

Renal arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are abnormal communications between the intrarenal arterial and venous systems. These lesions may present with a wide range of signs symptoms, including hypertension hematuria. We report case 71-year-old woman incidentally diagnosis asymptomatic right renal AVM.

Objective: to describe our experience with pre-operative evaluation of intracranial vascular malformations using functional magnetic resonance (fmRi). Method: Assessment of eight patients with cerebral vascular malformations (seven arteriovenous malformations [Avm] and one cavernous malformation) referred for pre-operative fmRi mapping of the eloquent cortex. An oxygen level-dependent technique...

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs), although most commonly congenital, are usually detected later in life. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 19-year-old woman with no previous history of AVM or telangiectasia, who presented dyspnea and hypoxia by massive left hemothorax in the 34th week of gestation. After emergent cesarean delivery, a chest computed tomography (CT) with i.v. cont...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the risk of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) rupture is increased during pregnancy and puerperium. METHODS Participants included 979 female patients with intracranial AVM admitted to Beijing Tiantan Hospital between 1960 and 2010. Two neurosurgery residents reviewed medical records for each case. Of them, 393 patients with ruptured AVM between 18 and 40 years of...

Avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) was recognized in 1994 as a cause of wild bird mortality when 29 bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) succumbed to the disease at DeGray Lake, Arkansas (USA). The cause of AVM and its source remain undetermined despite extensive diagnostic and research investigations. Two years later, when AVM killed 26 eagles in the same area in Arkansas, it became apparent ...