title: Endovascular transarterial embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformation with ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer.
abstract: Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have an estimated 2-4% annual risk of hemorrhage. Treatment options for AVMs include microsurgical resection, stereotactic radiosurgery, and endovascular embolization. As endovascular technology and techniques continue to advance and mature, endovascular embolization is becoming an increasingly vital component of AVM treatment not only as a presurgical treatment to reduce microsurgical risks, but also as a stand-alone curative method in some cases. This case illustrates the successful and curative transarterial embolization of a right frontal AVM in a 17-year-old boy with ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx). The video can be found here: http://youtu.be/L4hE1MvCZCY .
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Kiffon M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Keigher
authors.forename: Roham
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moftakhar
authors.forename: Demetrius K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011145:Polyvinyls; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011145:Polyvinyls; C020320:ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer
keywords: Onyx; arteriovenous malformation; embolization; endovascular; ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; video