Publication: Hydrocephalus in unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: Pathomechanical considerations, therapeutic implications, and clinical course
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2009-03-01
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19330693
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00223085
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol.110, No.3 (2009), 500-507
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Sasikhan Geibprasert, Vitor Pereira, Timo Krings, Pakorn Jiarakongmun, Pierre Lasjaunias, Sirintara Pongpech Hydrocephalus in unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: Pathomechanical considerations, therapeutic implications, and clinical course. Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol.110, No.3 (2009), 500-507. doi:10.3171/2008.7.JNS0815 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28176
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Hydrocephalus in unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: Pathomechanical considerations, therapeutic implications, and clinical course
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Object. The goal in this study was to present possible pathological mechanisms, clinical and imaging findings, and to describe the management and outcome in patients with hydrocephalus due to unruptured pial brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Methods. Medical records and imaging findings in 8 consecutive patients with hydrocephalus caused by AVMs and treated between June 2000 and September 2007 were retrospectively reviewed to determine clinical symptoms, AVM location, venous drainage, level/cause of obstruction, and degree of hydrocephalus. Management of hydrocephalus, AVM treatment, complications, and follow-up results were evaluated. Results. Headaches were the most common clinical symptom (7 of 8 patients). Deep venous drainage was identified in all patients. Mechanical obstruction by the draining vein or the AVM nidus was seen in 6 patients, in whom obstruction occurred at the interventricular foramen (2 patients) or the aqueduct (4 patients). Hydrodynamic disorders following venous outflow obstruction and venous congestion of the posterior fossa led to hydrocephalus in the remaining 2 patients. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts were placed in 6 of 8 patients with a moderate to severe degree of hydrocephalus. Regression of hydrocephalus was noted in 4 patients, whereas in 2 the imaging findings were stable, 1 of whom had decreased hydrocephalus only after AVM size reduction. In 2 patients with mild hydrocephalus who were not treated with shunt insertion, 1 improved and 1 was clinically stable after AVM treatment. Conclusions. The most common cause of hydrocephalus in unruptured brain AVMs is mechanical obstruction by the draining vein if it is located in a strategic position. Management should be aimed at treatment of the AVM; however, VP shunts may be necessary in acute and severe cases of hydrocephalus.