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.
Barker
C S
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Department of Radiology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Anslow
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PL
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