title: A rare case of intracerebral hemorrhage due to arteriovenous malformation located at petrous portion of the temporal bone.
abstract: Primary intraosseous arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are not infrequently encountered. We report a case of intraosseous arteriovenous malformation arising in the left temporal bone. A 51-year-old male patient presented with loss of conscious. Computerized tomography displayed hematoma measuring 4 cm in diameter in the left temporal lobe. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) showed that a temporal bone AVM supplied by all the branches of the external carotid artery and vertebral artery. Many treatment modalities can be considered for preoperative steps and/or for definitive treatment. We preferred embolisation for this vascular pathology. To the best of our knowledge this represents the first case of an intraosseous arteriovenous malformation located in the temporal bone.
authors: Turgut Ozal University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Emre Cemal
authors: EC
authors: Gokce
authors: Berker
authors: B
authors: Cemil
authors: Ismail
authors: I
authors: Kirbas
authors: Alper
authors: A
authors: Bozkurt
authors: Bulent
authors: B
authors: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology