Recurrence in a different location of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation in a child after radiosurgery.
The case of a 9-year-old girl with a right parietal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the brain obliterated after gamma knife (GK) radiosurgery with subsequent regrowth in a different site is reported. As far as we know, this is the first reported case of regrowth of an AVM in a different location after radiosurgery in a child. This situation has to be considered within the context of causes of unsuccessful treatment of AVMs with radiosurgery and justifies angiographic monitoring of pediatric patients until they reach adulthood.
Rodríguez-Arias
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Service of Neurosurgery, Hospital del Aire, Madrid, Spain.
Martínez
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Rey
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Bravo
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence