Gamma knife radiosurgery cured hydrocephalus in non-hemorrhagic brain stem arteriovenous malformation.
Radiol Case Rep
; 17(4): 1076-1081, 2022 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
A 13-year-old boy, with a history of intermittent headache and transient diplopia, was found to have non-hemorrhagic cerebral arteriovenous malformation in the midbrain tegmental region associated with hydrocephalus. Gamma knife radiosurgery was performed at 16 Gy with 75% marginal dose. Posttreatment course was uneventful. Follow-up MR imaging at one year after the treatment revealed complete disappearance of the abnormal vascular flow voids. The size of each ventricle at the treatment and at one year after treatment were as follows; 60.2 cc and 20.9 cc in the lateral ventricles, 3.7 cc and 2.7 cc in the third ventricle. The hydrocephalus might be caused by obstructive mechanism but mostly by high venous pressure due to the shunt blood flow. The goal of treatment for hydrocephalus should be nidus obstruction and normalizing the vascular flow.
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