title: Spontaneous partial regression of cerebral arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the brain is one of the important pathologic conditions which cause intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage, epilepsy, or chronic cerebral ischemia. The spontaneous regression of cerebral AVM is reported to be very rare and more likely to occur when the AVM is small, is accompanied by hemorrhage, and has fewer arterial feeders. We report a case of right occipital AVM which at follow-up angiography performed four years later showed near-complete spontaneous regression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 657 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea. jhshin@hosp.sch.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jae Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Seong Shik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Deuk Lin
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bark Jang
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: Dong Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed