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Thalamic arteriovenous malformation fed by the artery of Percheron originating from the contralateral posterior cerebral artery in a child
- Source :
- Child's Nervous System. 30:1313-1315
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.
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Abstract
- Artery of Percheron (AOP) is a rare variant of thalamoperforating artery with a single common trunk feeding both thalami and with or without contribution to the rostral midbrain. We report the first case of thalamic arteriovenous malformation (AVM) fed by AOP with hemorrhagic onset. A 12-month-old girl suddenly weakened and developed coma. Left thalamic hemorrhage was detected with the third and both lateral ventricles' hematoma. Thalamic AVM was discovered to be fed by an AOP originating from the contralateral posterior cerebral artery. Endovascular embolization of AVM was impossible due to a risk of bilateral thalamic infarction and anatomical inaccessibility. Thalamic AVM was removed by high superior parietal approach without new neurological symptoms. The first case of thalamic AVM fed by AOP originating from the contralateral posterior cerebral artery is reported. Surgical removal of AVM would be at the heart of treatment in order to avoid bilateral thalamic infarction.
- Subjects :
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Posterior cerebral artery
Artery of Percheron
Lateral ventricles
Hematoma
Thalamus
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Embolization
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Posterior Cerebral Artery
business.industry
Infant
Arteriovenous malformation
General Medicine
Anatomy
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Thalamic hemorrhage
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Neurosurgery
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14330350 and 02567040
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Child's Nervous System
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....326f32cb172854545b882ec3e284056b
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2343-x