title: Management of a challenging arteriovenous malformation of the scalp and orbit in a patient with polycystic kidney disease.
abstract: Arteriovenous malformations are notorious for their propensity to bleed, sometimes with fatal consequences. We describe an unusual case of a patient with polycystic kidney disease and with a large arteriovenous malformation involving the orbit and scalp who presented with multiple episodes of profuse bleeding from the upper eyelid and loss of vision in the corresponding eye.
authors.affiliation: Madras Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. nupur.bit@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nupur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bit
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vidyasagaran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amalorpavanathan
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sritharan
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply*; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012535:Scalp / Q000098:blood supply*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology