Massive Arteriovenous Malformation with Stroke-Like Presentation

We report of a 75-year-old patient with stroke-like presentation, where cerebral imaging led to the diagnosis of a massive arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the whole left hemisphere. We suggest considering AVM as a differential diagnosis in patients with symptoms of acute stroke despite age and,...

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Autores principales: Bürki, Mathias, Kappeler, Liliane, Bühler, Robert, Springe, Dirk, Ebnöther, Lukas, Delgado, Marcos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000494466
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author Bürki, Mathias
Kappeler, Liliane
Bühler, Robert
Springe, Dirk
Ebnöther, Lukas
Delgado, Marcos
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description We report of a 75-year-old patient with stroke-like presentation, where cerebral imaging led to the diagnosis of a massive arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the whole left hemisphere. We suggest considering AVM as a differential diagnosis in patients with symptoms of acute stroke despite age and, in the absence of contraindications, in this setting to obtain MRI or CT angiography of the brain.
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spelling pubmed-63233982019-01-09 Massive Arteriovenous Malformation with Stroke-Like Presentation Bürki, Mathias Kappeler, Liliane Bühler, Robert Springe, Dirk Ebnöther, Lukas Delgado, Marcos Case Rep Neurol Case Report We report of a 75-year-old patient with stroke-like presentation, where cerebral imaging led to the diagnosis of a massive arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the whole left hemisphere. We suggest considering AVM as a differential diagnosis in patients with symptoms of acute stroke despite age and, in the absence of contraindications, in this setting to obtain MRI or CT angiography of the brain. S. Karger AG 2018-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6323398/ /pubmed/30627099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000494466 Text en Copyright © 2018 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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