Spontaneous partial regression of cerebral arteriovenous malformation.
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.
Choi
Jae Ho
JH
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
Shin
Ji Hoon
JH
Cho
Seong Shik
SS
Choi
Deuk Lin
DL
Byun
Bark Jang
BJ
Kim
Dong Won
DW
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed