Transcranial colour Doppler sonography in emergency management of intracerebral haemorrhage caused by an arteriovenous malformation: case report.
We present a case which demonstrates the use of transcranial colour Doppler (TCCD) sonography in screening for an underlying arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in a middle-aged hypertensive patient with a spontaneous thalamic haematoma. The AVM was not detected on emergency CT but its presence, site and shape were demonstrated by TCCD, in the presence of a massive cerebral haemorrhage and acute intracranial hypertension.
Krejza
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Department of Neuroradiology, Białystok Medical Academy, Skłodowskiej-Curie 24a, 15-279 Białystok, Poland. jkrejza@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
Mariak
Z
Z
Bert
R J
RJ
D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*