Abstract
Material and methods
The pathogenesis of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (cAVMs) is still not well understood. Generally, cAVMs are thought to be congenital lesions originating prenatally. We report a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with a de novo cAVM after 3 years of recurrent epileptic seizures.
Results
MR imaging at 4 years of age was normal. Follow-up MR imaging 3 years later demonstrated a de novo 2-cm cAVM in the right occipital lobe, confirmed by conventional angiography. We reviewed five previously reported cases of de novo cAVMs who did not have a previous neurovascular abnormality. Including our case, recurrent epileptic seizures are the major presentation (83.3 %) before de novo cAVM occurrence.
Conclusion
We suggest that epileptic seizure is a potential trigger of de novo cAVMs.
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This study was supported by a “National science and technology Support Plan” (No.2011BAI08B08, Principle investigator: Professor Shuo Wang) grant from the Ministry of Health of China
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Wu, J., Li, Y., Cao, Y. et al. De novo cerebral arteriovenous malformations: is epileptic seizure a potential trigger?. Childs Nerv Syst 30, 1277–1281 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-014-2413-8
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