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Neurochirurgie
; 68(6): e101-e103, 2022 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35934538
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous obliteration of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is a rare phenomenon. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a predisposal genetic condition for AVMs development in all organs. CASE ILLUSTRATION: We report the case of a 34 years old woman with HHT family history. After radiosurgical treatment of a symptomatic evolving cerebellar AVM, late control subtracted digital angiography (DSA) demonstrated the complete obliteration of this AVM but also spontaneous obliteration of 3 fronto-parietal AVMs without any hemorrhagic sign on MRI. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous obliteration of multiple and unruptured AVMs in a HTT case.