Persistence of primitive cerebral vasculature in a newborn. A case report of whole brain AVM.
A case of a two-day-old infant with a massive arteriovenous malformation involving the entire brain vasculature is reported. The appearance of the cerebral vasculature on computed tomography scans and angiographic studies in this newborn is similar to the primitive vasculature in an embryo. The findings in this case give strong support to ontogenesis maldevelopment as the etiology of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. The role of embryogenesis in the development of an arteriovenous malformation is discussed as it contrasts with other pathogenetic hypotheses.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed