Association of a ganglioneuroma with an arteriovenous malformation: case report

Neurosurgery. 1987 Aug;21(2):241-3. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198708000-00022.

Abstract

The unusual concurrence of a brain tumor and an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is discussed in this case report. A 12-year-old child presented with a severe headache, and an intracerebral mass was found on neuroradiological study. At operation, we encountered a superficial AVM, not shown on the computed tomogram or arteriogram. At a second procedure, a ganglioneuroma was removed. The literature on the concurrence of these two entities is reviewed; comments are made on the pathology of ganglion cell tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Child
  • Ganglioneuroma / complications*
  • Ganglioneuroma / pathology
  • Ganglioneuroma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed