title: High Flow AV Malformation (A-V Shunt) of Mandible: A Rare Life Threatening Entity.
abstract: Intraosseous Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs) in the head and neck region are very rare and potentially life threatening entities due to massive hemorrhage. These are the results of an embryonic abnormality of the vascular system. Depending on the blood flow and clinical presentations they are of different types like slow flow and high flow AVM. Here we present a case of high flow AVM involving mandible with a chief complain of gingival bleeding in a four year old girl child.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Sanat Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhuyan
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Oral Surgery, SCB Dental College , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Krishna Gopal
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Birmiwal
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Oral Surgery, SCB Dental College , Cuttack, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Indu Bhusan
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhuyan
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Debta
keywords: Girl child; Intraosseous lesion; Jaw bones; Vascular malformations