BACKGROUND: Intracranial pial arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) are direct communications between the arterial and venous system of the brain, with the characteristic absence of a plexiform nidus, as seen in the classic cerebral arteriovenous malformations. These vascular malformations, usually occurring in the pediatric population, very rarely are diagnosed in utero, because of a lack of understanding of the condition and because they may be hard to visualize. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a rare case of a mass-effect PAVF diagnosed with fetal magnetic resonance imaging, involving the right cerebral hemisphere, fed by a pericallosal artery and associated with a giant venous dilatation. The PAVF initially was managed by the endovascular embolization. The recruitment of a middle cerebral artery feeder and the rapidly enlarging size of the venous pouch with mass effect required subsequent surgery. CONCLUSIONS: The 2-stage multimodal treatment resulted in complete disappearance of the PAVF without complications.

Pedicelli, A., Iacobucci, M., Frassanito, P., Lozupone, E., Masselli, G., Di Rocco, C., Colosimo, C., Prenatal Diagnosis and Multimodal Neonatal Treatment of a Rare Pial Arteriovenous Fistula: Case Report and Review of the Literature, <<WORLD NEUROSURGERY>>, N/A; (N/A): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.121] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/116678]

Prenatal Diagnosis and Multimodal Neonatal Treatment of a Rare Pial Arteriovenous Fistula: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pedicelli, Alessandro;Iacobucci, Marta;Frassanito, Paolo;Lozupone, Emilio;Masselli, Gabriele;Di Rocco, Concezio;Colosimo, Cesare
2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intracranial pial arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) are direct communications between the arterial and venous system of the brain, with the characteristic absence of a plexiform nidus, as seen in the classic cerebral arteriovenous malformations. These vascular malformations, usually occurring in the pediatric population, very rarely are diagnosed in utero, because of a lack of understanding of the condition and because they may be hard to visualize. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a rare case of a mass-effect PAVF diagnosed with fetal magnetic resonance imaging, involving the right cerebral hemisphere, fed by a pericallosal artery and associated with a giant venous dilatation. The PAVF initially was managed by the endovascular embolization. The recruitment of a middle cerebral artery feeder and the rapidly enlarging size of the venous pouch with mass effect required subsequent surgery. CONCLUSIONS: The 2-stage multimodal treatment resulted in complete disappearance of the PAVF without complications.
2017
Inglese
Pedicelli, A., Iacobucci, M., Frassanito, P., Lozupone, E., Masselli, G., Di Rocco, C., Colosimo, C., Prenatal Diagnosis and Multimodal Neonatal Treatment of a Rare Pial Arteriovenous Fistula: Case Report and Review of the Literature, <<WORLD NEUROSURGERY>>, N/A; (N/A): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.121] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/116678]
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