Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) represent congenital anomalies of blood vessels composed of a nidus of anomalous arterial and venous vessels without a capillary network. We describe a case of bleeding cerebral AVM in a pregnant women at the second quarter of gestation and diagnosed by digital subtraction angiography showing a large principal arterial nidus supply. The AVM was treated by endovascular embolization at the 27th week of gestation. The post-operative course was uneventful and a caesarean section was performed at the 37th week of gestation. The endovascular approach may represent a safe method in the treatment of this cerebral condition during pregnancy.
ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION BLEEDING DURING PREGNANCY. A CASE REPORT / GRANATA, Francesca; ALAFACI, Concetta; GIACOBBE, ANNAMARIA; DE VIVO, ANTONIO; MANCUSO, Alfredo; CONTI, Alfredo; PONTORIERO, ANTONIO; Pitrone A.; LONGO, Marcello. - In: THE NEURORADIOLOGY JOURNAL. - ISSN 1971-4009. - STAMPA. - 23:4(2010), pp. 473-478. [10.1177/197140091002300419]
ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION BLEEDING DURING PREGNANCY. A CASE REPORT
CONTI, Alfredo;
2010
Abstract
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) represent congenital anomalies of blood vessels composed of a nidus of anomalous arterial and venous vessels without a capillary network. We describe a case of bleeding cerebral AVM in a pregnant women at the second quarter of gestation and diagnosed by digital subtraction angiography showing a large principal arterial nidus supply. The AVM was treated by endovascular embolization at the 27th week of gestation. The post-operative course was uneventful and a caesarean section was performed at the 37th week of gestation. The endovascular approach may represent a safe method in the treatment of this cerebral condition during pregnancy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
