title: Atypical developmental venous anomaly associated with contrast enhancement and hyperperfusion in the surrounding basal ganglia.
abstract: Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are the most common type of cerebral vascular malformations. They are generally accepted as variants of venous development and frequently identified incidentally, particularly on contrast-enhanced MR imaging. Most of the DVAs do not affect the integrity of the surrounding parenchyma. This article discusses an atypical DVA which is associated with contrast enhancement and increased perfusion within the drainage territory of the DVA, probably due to anomalous venous drainage. These unusual perfusion patterns of the DVAs should be differentiated from other entities such as hypervascular brain tumors or ischemia with hemodynamical changes which have different clinical management.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, 2 Department of Neurology, Sifa University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Neslin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, 2 Department of Neurology, Sifa University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aynur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, 2 Department of Neurology, Sifa University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Genc
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, 2 Department of Neurology, Sifa University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nalan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bilgic
keywords: Developmental venous anomaly (DVA); perfusion MR imaging; susceptibility-weighted imaging