Multiple cerebral arteriovenous fistulas and malformations in the neonate.
Multiple cerebral arteriovenous fistulas with malformations in the fetus or neonate are rare. Here we describe a patient who had these lesions with pulmonary stenosis, resulting in severe brain atrophy in utero and intractable heart failure after birth. The pathophysiology of this patient is discussed in hemodynamic terms.
Nakayama
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Maternity and Perinatal Intensive Care Unit, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Suzuki
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S
Hikino
S
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Tezuka
J
J
Hara
T
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis