Prenatal diagnosis of intracranial pial arteriovenous fistula and endovascular treatment during the neonatal period

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2006 Jun;12(2):64-7.

Abstract

We present a case with prenatal diagnosis of an intracranial high-flow pial arteriovenous fistula that was draining into the vein of Galen in the third trimester of pregnancy. The child was treated by transcatheter embolization with N-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) via the umbilical artery in the early neonatal period due to intractable cardiac failure. Hydrocephalus developed and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. At the time this report was prepared, the patient was 20 months old and without cardiac failure, but with a delay in neurological development. Prenatal diagnosis and endovascular treatment in the early neonatal period is important in preventing heart failure and resultant mortality due to such high-flow vascular malformations. To the best of our knowledge, the combination of prenatal diagnosis of an intracranial high-flow pial arteriovenous fistula draining into the vein of Galen and endovascular treatment in the early neonatal period is presented here for the first time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / congenital
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enbucrilate / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Prenatal Diagnosis*
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Substances

  • Enbucrilate