Association of an intracranial arteriovenous malformation and a meningioma

Abstract

A case of a simultaneously discovered arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and a meningioma is presented. A review of the literature revealed only four similar cases, but there have been 30 reports of other intracranial tumors in association with AVM. The possible mechanisms of this rare association are discussed.

De novo formation of large arteriovenous shunting and a vascular nidus mimicking an arteriovenous malformation within an anaplastic oligodendroglioma: treatment with embolization and resection

“…An alternative theory is that an environmental exposure induced the formation of both lesions. 2 We found no technical difference between the embolization of this lesion and nonneoplastic AVMs. Endovascular embolization has been used successfully in the adjunctive treatment of other vascular intracranial neoplasms without associated AVMs.…”

Surgical strategy in case with co-existence of malignant oligodendroglioma and arteriovenous malformation: A case report

“…Concerning the histology of the brain tumors involved in these cases, there were 12 cases of pilocytic astrocytoma [27,40], 10 of astrocytoma [3,6,8,15,29,30,33,35,36], 6 of malignant astrocytoma [13,18,25,34,36], 20 of oligodendroglioma [4,9,10,20,24,27,38], 3 of glioblastoma [7,19,36], 8 of meningioma [10,11,16,17,21,22,26,32], 5 of acoustic tumors [12], and 3 of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma [28,31,39]. Other tumors found in association with AVM include hemangioblastoma [5], hemangiopericytoma [22], ganglioneuroma, [23] subependymal giant astrocytomas [29], and craniopharyngioma [14].…”

“…Accordingly, the relationship was judged as "separate". There have been only a handful of cases in which both the AVM and the brain tumor were preoperatively diagnosed using angiography and MRI [29,[31][32][33][34]. In some reported cases with intermixed AVM in the brain tumor, vascular components were pathologically diagnosed after the surgery.…”