Mixed arteriovenous malformation and capillary telangiectasia: a rare subset of mixed vascular malformations. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1997 Apr;86(4):699-703. doi: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.4.0699.

Abstract

In this report, the authors discuss the case of a patient with a mixed cerebrovascular malformation in which an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was associated with a capillary telangiectasia. Recent reports have contained reviews of various subsets of mixed malformations. To the authors' knowledge, however, this is the first report of a mixed vascular malformation with both arterial and capillary components. The patient underwent complete resection of the AVM after presenting with a clinical hemorrhage. She required a second operation to resect the capillary telangiectasia after new symptoms developed several months following the first procedure. The authors conclude that a mixed AVM-capillary telangiectasia is a rare but distinct entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Capillaries
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Reoperation
  • Telangiectasis / complications*
  • Telangiectasis / diagnosis
  • Telangiectasis / surgery