title: [Spontaneous disappearance of intracranial arteriovenous malformation after living-donor liver transplantation: a case report].
abstract: In this report, the authors describe a 35-year-old male whose intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) spontaneously disappeared about 2 years after successful living-donor liver transplantation for alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis. Preoperative screening MRI revealed intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) around the midbrain. Cerebral angiography demonstrated that the AVM was fed by the paramedian mesencephalic arteries and was drained via the vein of Galen. He successfully underwent living-donor liver transplantation, and his postoperative course was uneventful. Follow-up MRI and MRA revealed spontaneous disappearance of the AVM 27 months after surgery. The authors discuss precisely the underlying mechanism of this rare phenomenon, based on thorough literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimoda
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Daina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kashiwazaki
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Kiyohiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Houkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous