Mixed arteriovenous malformation and capillary telangiectasia: a rare subset of mixed vascular malformations. Case report.
In this report, the authors discuss the case of a patient with a mixed cerebrovascular malformation in which an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was associated with a capillary telangiectasia. Recent reports have contained reviews of various subsets of mixed malformations. To the authors' knowledge, however, this is the first report of a mixed vascular malformation with both arterial and capillary components. The patient underwent complete resection of the AVM after presenting with a clinical hemorrhage. She required a second operation to resect the capillary telangiectasia after new symptoms developed several months following the first procedure. The authors conclude that a mixed AVM-capillary telangiectasia is a rare but distinct entity.
Chang
S D
SD
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Steinberg
G K
GK
Rosario
M
M
Crowley
R S
RS
Hevner
R F
RF
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002196:Capillaries; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012086:Reoperation; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery