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Cristina Caterina Aldea
Scientific Coordinator: Professor Ioan Ştefan Florian MD, PhD
“Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
Non-neoplastic Vascular Malformations of the Brain
1. Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
2. Venous Angioma
3. Cavernoma
4. Capillary Teleangiectasia
5. Direct Fistula
( McCormick-1966 )
Clinical presentation
1. Hemorrhage - most common
- 82% significant IP component
- SAH, IVH
2. Seizures
3. Mass effect ( increased ICP )
4. Progressive Neurologic Deficit
7% of patients with AVMs present associated aneurysms
Clinical presentation
Seizures
Progressive Neurological Deficit
Hemorrhage ( usually IP )
> 50 % asymptomatic
Imaging Studies
CT
MRI - hemosiderine ring ( “salt and pepper” appearance )
Angiography – “angiographically occult”