title: Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Bleeding during Pregnancy. A Case Report.
abstract: Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) represent congenital anomalies of blood vessels composed of a nidus of anomalous arterial and venous vessels without a capillary network. We describe a case of bleeding cerebral AVM in a pregnant women at the second quarter of gestation and diagnosed by digital subtraction angiography showing a large principal arterial nidus supply. The AVM was treated by endovascular embolization at the 27th week of gestation. The post-operative course was uneventful and a caesarean section was performed at the 37th week of gestation. The endovascular approach may represent a safe method in the treatment of this cerebral condition during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, Neuroradiology Unit, Radiotherapy Unit, University of Messina; Messina, Italy - longomar@tin.it.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Granata
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alafaci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giacobbe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Vivo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pontoriero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitrone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Longo