Spontaneous regression of cerebral arteriovenous malformation in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002 Jun-Jul;23(6):1049-50.

Abstract

Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). I report a case of a patient with HHT with four cerebral AVMs in whom one AVM spontaneously regressed during a 5-year period. The spontaneous regression of this AVM in this patient with HHT supports the theory that AVMs associated with this syndrome have a different natural history than that of typical sporadic AVMs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / etiology*