title: [Diagnostic imaging of brain arteriovenous malformations].
abstract: The goals of the imaging work-up of cerebral arteriovenous malformations are not only the diagnosis of malformations but also their radioanatomic characterization in order to define an appropriate treatment plan for a given lesion, to evaluate and to compare results of treatment modalities, to look for parameters correlated with a high risk of bleeding and to identify indications of radiosurgery. In this review, the diagnostic value of imaging techniques is discussed: CT scan, MR imaging, vascular explorations. Radioanatomic parameters most useful for therapeutic discussion are defined: feeding arteries, associated aneurysms, size and topography of nidus, draining veins.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Imagerie Morphologique et Fonctionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, 1, rue Cabanis, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ducreux
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trystram
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godon-Hardy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Missir
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Meder
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed