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CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS ANEURYSM PRESENTING WITH CARDIAC FAILURE IN INFANCY *
Author(s) -
WALLMAN I. S.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1967.tb01703.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , convulsion , arteriovenous malformation , cardiology , surgery , epilepsy , psychiatry
SYNOPSIS An infant with a cerebral arteriovenous aneurysm presented with cyanosis and cardiac failure in the first week of life. The diagnosis was made at 19 months of age after a generalized convulsion, and the child died at the age of 2 years 7 months during an attempt to ligate the blood vessels feeding the aneurysm.