Intracranial Pial Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting as Brain Hemorrhage in Newborn Infants.

Author: Soo Yeon KIM ¹ ; Ho Seon EUN ; Jeong Eun SHIN ; Soon Min LEE ; Min Soo PARK ; Ran NAMGUNG ; Kook In PARK
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1. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kipark@yuhs.ac
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Arteriovenous fistula; Infant; Newborn; Intracranial hemorrhages; Therapeutic embolization
MeSH: Adult; Arteriovenous Fistula*; Brain*; Embolization, Therapeutic; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP); Heart Failure; Hematoma, Subdural; Hemorrhage; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn*; Intracranial Hemorrhages*; Seizures
From:Neonatal Medicine 2015;22(4):228-232
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Congenital intracranial pial arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are rare cerebrovascular lesions. Their clinical manifestations tend to vary according to age, with pediatric populations being more likely to have symptoms like congestive cardiac failure and seizures because of arteriovenous shunting; hemorrhage is the major presentation in adult populations. Pediatric populations, especially newborn infants, seldom experience a hemorrhagic event. Here, we report two rare cases of neonates with congenital pial AVF presenting as intraventricular and subdural hemorrhage, respectively, which were treated with endovascular embolization.