Cervicomedullary Junction AVM Presenting Recurrent Intraventricular Hemorrhage.
- Author:
Sang Weon LEE
1
;
Chang Hwa CHOI
;
Seung Heon CHA
;
Dong June PARK
;
Geun Sung SONG
;
Young Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Pusan National University, School of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervicomedullary junction;
Arteriovenous malformation;
Intraventricular hemorrhage;
Angiography;
Embolization
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm;
Angiography;
Arteriovenous Malformations;
Female;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2001;30(6):781-785
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cervicomedullary junction arteriovenous malformation(AVM) is extremely rare. The authors present a case of a cervicomedullary junction AVM in a 31-year-old woman presenting with recurrent intraventricular hemorrhage(IVH). Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the AVM(of a size of approximately 2X2.5X4cm) extending from a lower medulla to C2-3 level. Vertebral angiography demonstrated a tightly coiled vascular mass with multiple feeders (radiculomedullary arteries) and irregular-shaped aneurysm at distal part of feeder originating at right C-1 level. The patient underwent superselective embolization of upper nidus and the aneurysm. The pertinent literature is reviewed, and diagnostic and therapeutic implications are discussed.
