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Benign intracranial hypertension associated with arteriovenous malformation
Author(s) -
Vorstman E B A,
Niemann D B,
Molyneux A J,
Pike M G
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2002.tb00300.x
Subject(s) - arteriovenous malformation , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , arteriovenous fistula , embolization , intracranial arteriovenous malformations , vascular malformation , radiology , surgery , cerebral angiography , angiography
This is a report of a 9‐year‐old female with a clinical presentation of benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) who was found to have an unruptured pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with a significant fistula. The AVM was completely embolized using a recently developed liquid embolic system, Onyx, after which gradual clinical improvement followed. A few cases of BIH associated with AVM have been described in adults and adolescents. Possible causal relation is discussed.