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An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy
We present a case of a woman at 31 weeks and 3 days of gestation, who developed a sudden and severe headache and loss of vision in her left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a subarachnoid bleed secondary to a right parieto-occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She wa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8929213/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356390 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3862 |
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author | Kow, Cheryl Shumin Yang, Liying Tan, Wei Ching Leong, Rachel Wei-Li Ng, Yew Poh Arunachalam, Sridhar Kanagalingam, Devendra |
author_facet | Kow, Cheryl Shumin Yang, Liying Tan, Wei Ching Leong, Rachel Wei-Li Ng, Yew Poh Arunachalam, Sridhar Kanagalingam, Devendra |
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description | We present a case of a woman at 31 weeks and 3 days of gestation, who developed a sudden and severe headache and loss of vision in her left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a subarachnoid bleed secondary to a right parieto-occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She was conservatively managed and subsequently transferred to our institution for multidisciplinary care. The patient underwent a cesarean section at 34 weeks and 5 days of gestation followed by gamma knife surgery 6 days after. Cerebral AVMs, although relatively rare, have the propensity to cause potentially fatal outcomes. Neurological symptoms in a pregnant woman warrant investigations for early diagnosis and management, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. The management of cerebral AVMs in pregnancy is decided after weighing the benefits of treatment against the risk of bleeding. A multidisciplinary approach should be adopted due to the complexity of the condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-89292132022-03-29 An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy Kow, Cheryl Shumin Yang, Liying Tan, Wei Ching Leong, Rachel Wei-Li Ng, Yew Poh Arunachalam, Sridhar Kanagalingam, Devendra J Med Cases Case Report We present a case of a woman at 31 weeks and 3 days of gestation, who developed a sudden and severe headache and loss of vision in her left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a subarachnoid bleed secondary to a right parieto-occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She was conservatively managed and subsequently transferred to our institution for multidisciplinary care. The patient underwent a cesarean section at 34 weeks and 5 days of gestation followed by gamma knife surgery 6 days after. Cerebral AVMs, although relatively rare, have the propensity to cause potentially fatal outcomes. Neurological symptoms in a pregnant woman warrant investigations for early diagnosis and management, due to its associated morbidity and mortality. The management of cerebral AVMs in pregnancy is decided after weighing the benefits of treatment against the risk of bleeding. A multidisciplinary approach should be adopted due to the complexity of the condition. Elmer Press 2022-03 2022-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8929213/ /pubmed/35356390 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3862 Text en Copyright 2022, Know et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kow, Cheryl Shumin Yang, Liying Tan, Wei Ching Leong, Rachel Wei-Li Ng, Yew Poh Arunachalam, Sridhar Kanagalingam, Devendra An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title | An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy |
title_sort | unusual case of cerebral arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8929213/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356390 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3862 |
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