title: Electroconvulsive Therapy and Cerebral Venous Angioma.
abstract: A 24-year-old man with a left parietal cerebral venous angioma underwent a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for the treatment of bipolar affective disorder. We were able to treat this patient safely and successfully with ECT. There was no evidence of a complication related to his vascular malformation, as was demonstrated by follow-up MRI examination. Our experience suggests that ECT may be safely instituted in patients with venous angiomas, and changes in their lesions can be safely examined by MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence B.
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Azad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: Clemente T.
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Grinberg