title: [Arteriovenous malformations].
abstract: Arteriovenous malformations are serious high-flow vascular malformations. Four progressive stages have been described: dormancy, expansion, destruction and heart failure. Progression from one stage to another is not systematic but depends on events - physiological or traumatic, sometimes iatrogenic. Pulsed Doppler imaging of venous waveforms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the most informative examinations for both diagnosis and follow-up of arteriovenous malformations.Arteriography and angio-MRI help guide treatment decisions. Treatment of the malformation must not be envisioned until it reaches a symptomatic stage. It most often combines an endovascular procedures and wide surgical excision. A syndromic form must be considered in cases of systemic angioma.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, université François-Rabelais Tours, CHU de Tours, 37044 Tours cedex, France.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naouri
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorette
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zakine
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herbreteau
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013577:Syndrome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed