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Steal Phenomenon with Tonsillar Arteriovenous Malformation

Authors :
Manish Amin
Krishan Chaddha
Phillip Aguìñiga-Navarrete
Sudha Challa
Madison B. Garrett
Source :
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 3 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2019.

Abstract

Cranial vascular malformations can cause symptoms of headache, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other cerebrovascular disorders due to steal phenomenon. Subclavian steal phenomenon is a localized change in cerebral perfusion from a cranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM). We present the only recorded case of a tonsillar AVM causing a transient ischemic attack due to steal phenomenon.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2474252X
Volume :
3
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bac76ccd426d4ff39aba9ee4afc64583
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.5.42882