Arteriovenous malformations of the brain
RM Friedlander - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
New England Journal of Medicine, 2007•Mass Medical Soc
A 51-year-old woman presents with a generalized tonic–clonic seizure. After a brief postictal
period, she recovers and reports no headache or other neurologic symptoms. She takes no
medications and her medical history is unremarkable. Computed tomography of the head
suggests a right occipital arteriovenous malformation, without evidence of hemorrhage.
Imaging studies show a right occipital arteriovenous malformation as well as a feeding-
artery aneurysm.
period, she recovers and reports no headache or other neurologic symptoms. She takes no
medications and her medical history is unremarkable. Computed tomography of the head
suggests a right occipital arteriovenous malformation, without evidence of hemorrhage.
Imaging studies show a right occipital arteriovenous malformation as well as a feeding-
artery aneurysm.
A 51-year-old woman presents with a generalized tonic–clonic seizure. After a brief postictal period, she recovers and reports no headache or other neurologic symptoms. She takes no medications and her medical history is unremarkable. Computed tomography of the head suggests a right occipital arteriovenous malformation, without evidence of hemorrhage. Imaging studies show a right occipital arteriovenous malformation as well as a feeding-artery aneurysm.
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