title: Cerebral arteriovenous malformation mimicking acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of cerebral arteriovenous malformation in a 34 year-old male patient presenting with chest pain. Electrocardiographic findings showed ST elevations in the precordial leads. However, a coronary angiogram showed no coronary lesions. Laboratory tests suggested that troponin and cardiac enzymes were within normal limits. Further investigation led to the diagnosis of a cerebral arterio-venous malformation occupying the left temporal and parietal lobes. The chest pain may be explained by the occurrence of a complex partial seizure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Clinique St. Anne St Remi-St Etienne, Site St Etienne, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Noordally
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mircev
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Luabeya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants