Multiple Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

Jeong, Jae Won; Kim, Moo Seong; Kim, Seong Tae; Lee, Kun Soo; Paeng, Sung Hwa; Pyo, Se Young; Jeong, Young Gyun; Jung, Yong Tae; Jeong, Hae Woong

Case report

Journal of the Korean Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2011;7(1):92-94.
Published online June 30, 2011.

Multiple Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

Jae Won Jeong, Moo Seong Kim, Seong Tae Kim, Kun Soo Lee, Sung Hwa Paeng, Se Young Pyo, Young Gyun Jeong, Yong Tae Jung, Hae Woong Jeong

Department of Neurosurgery, Diagnostic Radiology, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea

Abstract

Objective
s: The incidence of Multiple cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) s ranges from 0.23 to 4.9% in all AVM patients. Radiosurgery or embolization has been suggested as a useful modality added to the surgical treatment of patients with multiple cerebral AVMs. Material & Methods: A 27-year-female was admitted on Nov. 7. 2006. A Brain CT showed a right frontoparietal intracerebral hematoma. Cerebral angiography demonstrated two separate AVMs, one fed by the right MCA, the other fed by posterior circulation. GammaKnife (GK) Surgery was underwent.
Results
2 years later, angiography revealed complete obliteration of two cerebral AVMs.
Conclusions
The therapeutic strategy for cerebral AVMs remains difficult, especially if there are multiple scattered lesions. In our case, GK Surgery is effective for multiple cerebral AVMs.

Key Words: Multiple cerebral AVMs, Radiosurgery.