title: Successful removal of an arteriovenous malformation in the basal ganglia.
abstract: This report describes the successful removal of a ruptured dominant hemisphere arteriovenous malformation that arose in the region of the basal ganglia and was supplied by the lenticulostriate arteries. Obliteration of the lesion was accomplished by a transcerebral approach from above, utilizing the preexisting hematoma cavity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery