SPONTANEOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAUDATE NUCLEUS ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION FOLLOWING EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Dölen, DUYGU; Öztürk, SEFA; Poyraz, ALPEREN; Gülsever, Cafer; Ünal, Tuğrul; Dolaş, İlyas; Barburoğlu, Mehmet; Sabancı, Pulat

doi:10.26650/iuitfd.1623147

SPONTANEOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAUDATE NUCLEUS ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION FOLLOWING EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Dölen D., Öztürk S., Poyraz A., Gülsever C. İ., Ünal T., Dolaş İ., ...Daha Fazla

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.