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ArticleSurgical neurology international2012

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

Hussain Shallwani, Muhammad Z Tahir, Muhammad E Bari, Tanveer-Ul-Haq

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hussain ShallwaniStudent, Medical College, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Z Tahir
Muhammad E Bari
Tanveer-Ul-Haq
Aga Khan University Hospital · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConcurrent intracranial and spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are very rare with only a few cases being reported in literature. Two of the rare concurrent intracranial and spinal AVM cases are presented. CASE DESCRIPTION: Case 1 is a 12-year-old girl with headache and motor disturbances in the lower limbs. Her spinal and brain angiogram was done and she was diagnosed to have a spinal AVM at level T8-T9 and an intracranial AVM in the left mesial temporal lobe. Her spinal AVM was embolized, while no treatment was given for her intracranial AVM. Case 2 is a 10-year-old girl who presented with headache and quadriparesis. Her brain and spinal angiogram revealed an intracranial AVM in the left parietal lobe and a spinal AVM at level C2, respectively. Craniotomy and excision was done for her intracranial AVM and embolization for the spinal AVM.

conclusionIt is proposed that multiple AVMs may be a result of yet unrevealed pathogenesis or strong embryogenetic anomaly, which may be different from that involved in single AVM. With lack of consensus over the best therapeutic strategy, multimodality treatment based on the individual's needs is suggested.

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Arteriovenous malformationcerebralconcurrentintracranialmultiplespinal

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PMID22629488
PMCPMC3356988
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