Delayed symptomatic haemorrhage from the remnants of a thalamic arteriovenous malformation after previous angiographic cure with radiotherapy

• Published in: Acta neurochirurgica Vol. 159; no. 11; pp. 2123 - 2125
• Main Authors: Majewska, Paulina, Tsui, Alpha, Adamides, Alexios A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.11.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Angiography; Angiography, Digital Subtraction; Blood vessels; Brain; Case Report - Vascular; Cerebral Angiography; Cerebral hemispheres; Cerebral Hemorrhage - etiology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - surgery; Disease Progression; Elastin; Female; Fibers; Fibrosis; Hemorrhage; Humans; Interventional Radiology; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - complications; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnostic imaging; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - radiotherapy; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical Procedures; Parenchyma; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Thalamus; Thalamus - blood supply; Thalamus - surgery; Time Factors; Delayed haemorrhage; Angiographic cure; Arteriovenous malformation; Radiation

In 1995 a 16-year old girl was diagnosed with a large left thalamic AVM that was considered unsuitable for microsurgical resection and was treated with radiotherapy twice, which led to angiographic cure. She re-presented 19 years after initial treatment with a symptomatic acute thalamic haemorrhage....