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.
Service of Neurosurgery, Hospital del Aire, Madrid, Spain.
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Rodríguez-Arias
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Martínez
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Bravo
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence