title: Cerebral venous malformation complicated by spontaneous thrombosis.
abstract: A case of spontaneous thrombosis and infarction leading to death as complications of a cerebral venous malformation in a 13-year-old boy is reported. This is the first published report of this type of complication occurring in a case of venous angioma. While the biologic behavior of cerebral venous malformations has suggested that they are benign in nature, and the results of surgical management have encouraged a conservative approach, the present case illustrates a potential complication and argues against the assumption that these malformations are completely benign in nature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuropathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4901, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castellani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tresser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed