title: Stenting venous outflow gives symptomatic improvement in a patient with an inoperable brainstem arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: The extent to which arterial steal or venous hypertension contributes to symptoms in patients with high flow brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is not always clear. We describe a patient with an inoperable AVM of the pons, presenting with headache and neurological deficit where improving venous outflow by stenting produced substantial clinical benefit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. nick.higgins@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
authors.forename: J Nicholas P
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome