Spontaneous thrombosis of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation.
We report a patient who presented acutely to a neurosurgical unit with a mild left hemiparesis following mild trauma and an episode of hypotension. Computed tomography of the brain showed fresh partial thrombosis of a right parietal arteriovenous malformation. Subsequent angiography confirmed partial obliteration of an arteriovenous malformation. The malformation had completely thrombosed on follow up computed tomography, and disappeared angiographically.
Department of Radiology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed