Imaging the spontaneous obliteration of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation using c-arm cone beam computed tomography: A case report

Maria Braileanu; Wuyang Yang; Justin M Caplan; Judy Huang

doi:10.4103/2152-7806.166174

Imaging the spontaneous obliteration of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation using c-arm cone beam computed tomography: A case report

Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Sep 28;6(Suppl 15):S399-401. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.166174. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Maria Braileanu¹, Wuyang Yang², Justin M Caplan², Judy Huang²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

Abstract

Background: Spontaneous occlusion of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) without treatment is a rare occurrence.

Case description: We report the case of a 56-year-old male who presented with aphasia and right hemiparesis secondary to intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage. Diagnostic digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and c-arm cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) demonstrated a 5 mm Spetzler-Martin Grade III left thalamic AVM drained by the internal cerebral vein. Subsequent DSA and CBCT studies confirmed the spontaneous obliteration of the AVM.

Conclusions: In this case, CBCT provided high resolution imaging of the AVM. Future clinical use of CBCT as an adjunct to DSA may enhance the diagnostic and therapeutic imaging of vascular lesions.

Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; c-arm cone beam computed tomography; digital subtraction angiography.

Publication types

Case Reports