Misdiagnosed Case of Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation

Scalp arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal vascular lesions that can be treated safely and effectively, with surgical or endovascular approaches. Because of their complex vascularity, the detailed preoperative evaluation must be carefully performed. Here, we present a case of scalp AVM th...

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Autores principales: Özkara, Emre, Özbek, Zühtü, Özdemir, Atilla Özcan, Arslantaş, Ali
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492122
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181137
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author Özkara, Emre
Özbek, Zühtü
Özdemir, Atilla Özcan
Arslantaş, Ali
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description Scalp arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal vascular lesions that can be treated safely and effectively, with surgical or endovascular approaches. Because of their complex vascularity, the detailed preoperative evaluation must be carefully performed. Here, we present a case of scalp AVM that required two operations as a result of a misdiagnosis because of inadequate preoperative assessment.
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spelling pubmed-58208962018-02-28 Misdiagnosed Case of Scalp Arteriovenous Malformation Özkara, Emre Özbek, Zühtü Özdemir, Atilla Özcan Arslantaş, Ali Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Scalp arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal vascular lesions that can be treated safely and effectively, with surgical or endovascular approaches. Because of their complex vascularity, the detailed preoperative evaluation must be carefully performed. Here, we present a case of scalp AVM that required two operations as a result of a misdiagnosis because of inadequate preoperative assessment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5820896/ /pubmed/29492122 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181137 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820896/
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