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Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report.

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Gabriel, EM; Sampson, JH; Wilkins, RH
Published in: J Neurosurg
May 1996

Complete excision of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) should eliminate the future risk of an associated intracranial hemorrhage. Because total removal of an AVM may be difficult to assess at the time of surgery, postoperative angiography has become the accepted standard for documenting that the removal has been accomplished. However, even angiography confirmed excision of an AVM does not completely ensure against rebleeding. Regrowth of an AVM with subsequent hemorrhage can occur. This has been documented in children and is attributed to forces acting on the immature vasculature of these younger patients. The authors report the case of an older patient whose AVM recurred when he was 28 years of age, despite an angiography proven complete excision, and emphasize that, even in adults, angiography documentation of total removal does not always eliminate the risk of reformation of an AVM.

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Published In

J Neurosurg

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ISSN

0022-3085

Publication Date

May 1996

Volume

84

Issue

5

Start / End Page

879 / 882

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Recurrence
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Humans
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Adult
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Gabriel, E. M., Sampson, J. H., & Wilkins, R. H. (1996). Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report. J Neurosurg, 84(5), 879–882. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1996.84.5.0879
Gabriel, E. M., J. H. Sampson, and R. H. Wilkins. “Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report.J Neurosurg 84, no. 5 (May 1996): 879–82. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1996.84.5.0879.
Gabriel EM, Sampson JH, Wilkins RH. Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1996 May;84(5):879–82.
Gabriel, E. M., et al. “Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report.J Neurosurg, vol. 84, no. 5, May 1996, pp. 879–82. Pubmed, doi:10.3171/jns.1996.84.5.0879.
Gabriel EM, Sampson JH, Wilkins RH. Recurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation after surgical excision. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1996 May;84(5):879–882.

Published In

J Neurosurg

DOI

ISSN

0022-3085

Publication Date

May 1996

Volume

84

Issue

5

Start / End Page

879 / 882

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Recurrence
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Humans
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Adult
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences