Open AccessEndovascular venous approach in the treatment of ruptured intra-cerebral arterio-venous malformation
Author(s) -
Ayman Z. Ahmed
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine /the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2013.12.010
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , radiology , arteriovenous malformation , venous malformation , endovascular treatment , angiography , occlusion , surgery , vein , cerebral angiography , aneurysm
Trans-venous approach has been described for endovascular treatment of many vascular lesions namely the intracranial dural, cavernous and intra-orbital malformations. A patient with a ruptured left deep parietal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) treated with primary transvenous Onyx 18 embolization is reported. Trans-arterial approaches were unsuccessful because of the tiny tortuous feeding arteries and hence a transvenous approach was used for embolization. Follow-up angiography at 3month revealed persistent angiographic cure of the AVM. Our case illustrates that in patients with ruptured small AVM having a single draining vein, transvenous treatment can be utilized to achieve occlusion resulting in AVM cure