Radiological observation of arteriovenous malformation of brain

In arteriovenous malformation, cerebral angiography is the last and conclusive method of diagnosis, although CT has been helpful for determination of the location and extension of the lesion. We reviewed cerebral angiography combined with CT of 30 cases of AVM who were suspected clinically during the period from Jan. 1979 to Dec. 1983 in SCH hospital. The results were as follows: 1. The sex distribution of cases were 17 males and 13 females (1.3:1) and 60% of cases were between first and second decade. Common symptoms were headache, vomiting and seizure. 2. In CSF finding, subarachnoid hemorrhage were noted in 9 cases (6%). 3. Only 1 case showed calcification in simple skull series and the others were normal. 4. The locations were parietal area (46%), frontal area (21%), temporal area (11%) and left side was more common than the right side (62%). 5. The feeding arteries were MCA (32%), ACA (32%), PCA (7%) and the draining veins were superior cortical vein (32%), inferior sagittal sinus (12%), vein of Galen (12%) and internal cerebral vein (12%). Multiple feeding arteries were noted in one case. 6. The size were between 1-2cm were 12 cases (41%), below 1cm were 7 cases (20%), between 3-4cm were 5 cases (16%), and above 4cm were 3 cases (13%). 7. CT was done in 26 cases. Among these, 4 cases (15%) showed serpentineous mixed density with marked enhancement and remainders showed intracerebral, intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage, ischemic change, mass effect and hydrocephalus. 8. Conservative therapy was done in 12 cases, total removal of anomalous vessels in 14 cases, clipping in 2 cases and radiation therapy in one case