title: [Arteriovenous malformations: study about 54 patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
authors.forename: Nadia Ezzine
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Sebai
authors.forename: Talel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Badri
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zitouni
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rajhi
authors.forename: Becima
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fazaa
authors.forename: Radhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: Mohamed Ridha
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kamoun
mesh_terms: 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