title: Dural arteriovenous malformation in the anterior cranial fossa.
abstract: Two cases of dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) at the base of the anterior cranial fossa are described. In both cases an intracerebral hematoma following the rupture of the AVM was the first indication of the disease. In one case, the malformation was supplied both by the anterior ethmoidal artery and frontopolar artery draining into the superior sagittal sinus. In the second case, the right anterior ethmoidal artery with draining veins into the superior sagittal sinus and sphenoparietal sinus was the feeding vessel. Surgical evacuation of the hematoma and excision of the malformation was performed on both patients. The typical clinical signs and radiological findings are described. A review of the pertinent literature is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gliemroth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012421:Rupture; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000098:blood supply