Spontaneous thrombosis of an arteriovenous malformation.
A patient with a spontaneously thrombosed arteriovenous malformation (AVM) presented with epilepsy. The CT and MRI appearances were of an intrinsic cerebral neoplasm with extensive surrounding vasogenic cerebral oedema and a mass effect. Histopathology confirmed a large thrombosed AVM. The natural history of AVMs and spontaneous thrombosis are reviewed.
Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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EP
Guazzo
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JH
Xuereb
D000328:Adult; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*