%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical and Radiological Evaluation of a Spontaneously Occluded Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation
%A Christina KOTSARINI
%A Vasileios PANAGIOTOPOULOS
%A Panagiotis DIMOPOULOS
%A Moshos FRATZOGLOU
%J Journal of Neurological Sciences
%D 2010
%I Ege University Press
%X Spontaneous obliteration of brain AVMs is extremely rare estimated less than 1%. We report the case of a 37 year-old female with a history of seizures treated with anticonvulsives, who sought medical attention because of recurrence of her symptoms. The MRI findings were attributed to a patent AVM located at the left occipital lobe. Further radiological exams (angiography, CT, plain radiograms) revealed a totally calcified lesion probably representing an occluded AVM. The prompt diagnosis of spontaneous obliteration of a brain AVM requires a high index of suspicion and multidisciplinary radiologic evaluation with MRI, angiography, CT and plain radiograms.
%K AVM
%K spontaneous obliteration
%U http://www.jns.dergisi.org/pdf/pdf_JNS_395.pdf