Concurrent intracranial and spinal cord arteriovenous malformations

Abstract

The authors report the case of a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage in whom an intracranial dural arteriovenous malformation coexisted with a spinal arteriovenous malformation. The latter was considered to be the source of the hemorrhage by clinical and radiographic criteria. It is concluded that patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage who show no suitable intracranial source for their bleed in some instances should be investigated for a spinal origin of hemorrhage.

Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations of Spinal Cord and Brain in a Child

“…While it is difficult to know the exact incidence, the coexistence of cerebral and spinal AVMs is very rare in multiple AVMs. Only 8 cases have been reported [6][7][8][9][10], including the 3 cases of DiChiro et al [1] (table 1). Bleed ing from multiple AVMs within a short interval is particu larly rare.…”

Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations of Spinal Cord and Brain in a Child

“…3 such cases have been mentioned by D iC hiro [2] and Di-C hiro and W ener [3] and a further case has been described in detail by H ash et al [6], We would like to document our experience with this problem in a child.…”

Concurrent intracranial and spinal arteriovenous malformations: Report of two pediatric cases and literature review

“…[89152022] Multiple intracranial AVMs with a spinal AVM are even more infrequent; only three other cases have been reported in the literature, one being an autopsy case. [71314] The earliest cases comprise those reported by Di Chiro et al .…”