SPONTANEOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAUDATE NUCLEUS ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION FOLLOWING EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.88, sa.2, ss.172-175, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 88 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.26650/iuitfd.1623147
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.172-175
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital vascular anomalies that can cause life-threatening haemorrhages. Spontaneous AVM thrombosis is extremely rare and is not fully understood. A 15-year-old female presented with severe headache and confusion. Computed tomography (CT) revealed intraventricular haemorrhage, leading to urgent external ventconfirmed an AVM located in the right caudate nucleus head, supplied by the lateral lenticulostriate artery and draining into complete disappearance of the AVM. This case highlights the recanalization.