[Arteriovenous malformations: study about 54 patients].
BACKGROUND
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) are vascular anomalies that may threaten functional and vital prognosis. The aim of this study was to assess the managment of Arteriovenous malformation


METHODS
It is a retrospective study about 54 patients, having AVM, collected over a 7-year period.


RESULTS
Sex ratio MJF was 1.25; average age at the diagnosis was 25.4 years. Puberty, pregnancy and trauma, were the most important favoring factors for the development of AVM. Location was the head in 75% of the cases. Doppler ultrasound was the most indicated examination to confirm the diagnosis. In over than 70% of our patients, therapeutic abstention and follow-up were indicated. In the other cases, embolization, with or without surgery was the treatment. A patient died of massive haemorrhage. Treatment is necessary in complicated AVM. Follow-up (if abstention or after treatment) is mainly based on clinical and Doppler data.


CONCLUSIONS
AVM are anomalies that may be serious and their management must be multidisciplinary, to allow better therapeutic indications.
Sebai
Nadia Ezzine
NE
Service de Dermatologie, hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
Badri
Talel
T
Daoud
Linda
L
Zitouni
Karima
K
Rajhi
Hatem
H
Fazaa
Becima
B
Hamza
Radhi
R
Kamoun
Mohamed Ridha
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006257:Head / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications