[A case of dural arteriovenous malformation on the convexity adjacent to the superior sagittal sinus]. 1994

E Kobayashi, and K Wakamatsu, and S Tominaga
Department of Neurosurgery, Tominaga Neurosurgical Hospital.

A case of dural arteriovenous malformation (DAVM) on the convexity adjacent to the superior sagittal sinus (SSS) was reported. A 55-year-old female was admitted to our hospital complaining of severe headache and intracranial bruit. CT scan revealed an osteolytic lesion at the right frontal bone adjacent to the SSS, and MRI showed a flow void area at the same site. Cerebral angiography detected DAVM which was fed by bilateral superficial temporal arteries and plenty of meningeal branches of the middle meningeal artery. It was drained by cortical veins to the SSS. Endovascular surgery was tried for this lesion, but it failed. After the surgical excision of DAVM, the above symptoms disappeared with no complications. The 14 cases reported in the literature were examined to characterize DAVM at this site. Average age was 47 with no age distribution. 43% of the cases had intracranial hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage (2), intracranial hemorrhage (2), intraventricular hemorrhage (1), and subdural hematoma (1). The DAVM arises most frequently at the middle third of the SSS and tends to extend to the posterior third. The symptom most frequently seen is headache, but we ought to pay attention to the possibility of progressive dementia. As for therapy, direct surgical excision is sometimes necessary if intravascular embolization ends in failure or incomplete cure.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002538 Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations Congenital vascular anomalies in the brain characterized by direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. The locations and size of the shunts determine the symptoms including HEADACHES; SEIZURES; STROKE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; mass effect; and vascular steal effect. Arteriovenous Malformations, Cerebral,Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Congenital,AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) Intracranial,Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations,Congenital Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations,Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation, Ruptured,Ruptured Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation,Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral,Arteriovenous Malformation, Intracranial,Arteriovenous Malformations, Intracranial,Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation,Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation,Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous,Malformation, Intracranial Arteriovenous,Malformations, Cerebral Arteriovenous,Malformations, Intracranial Arteriovenous
D003392 Cranial Sinuses Large endothelium-lined venous channels situated between the two layers of DURA MATER, the endosteal and the meningeal layers. They are devoid of valves and are parts of the venous system of dura mater. Major cranial sinuses include a postero-superior group (such as superior sagittal, inferior sagittal, straight, transverse, and occipital) and an antero-inferior group (such as cavernous, petrosal, and basilar plexus). Cranial Venous Sinuses,Intracranial Sinuses,Sinuses, Cranial,Sinuses, Cranial Venous,Sinuses, Intracranial,Venous Sinuses, Cranial
D004388 Dura Mater The outermost of the three MENINGES, a fibrous membrane of connective tissue that covers the brain and the spinal cord. Falx Cerebelli,Falx Cerebri,Pachymeninx,Tentorium Cerebelli
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography

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