title: Extremity arteriovenous malformations: review of a series.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the diagnosis and treatment of arteriovenous malformations in adults, because of the tendency of the condition to recur.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chart and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three tertiary-care hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve adults with diffuse arteriovenous malformations of the extremities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgery of embolotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recurrence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 12 cases reviewed, the arteriovenous malformations recurred in 8 patients; 2 of these were well, 6 months and 2 years after a second or third treatment. Two others were well, 2 months and 5 years after surgery or embolotherapy. One pregnant woman, whose case is described in detail, received no treatment, and her arteriovenous malformation diminished in size after her child was born. The outcome in the last patient is unknown.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diffuse arteriovenous malformations recur after ablative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mahoney
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies