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Benign intracranial hypertension associated with arteriovenous malformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2002

E B A Vorstman
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
D B Niemann
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
A J Molyneux
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
M G Pike
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, UK.
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Abstract

This is a report of a 9-year-old female with a clinical presentation of benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) who was found to have an unruptured pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with a significant fistula. The AVM was completely embolized using a recently developed liquid embolic system, Onyx, after which gradual clinical improvement followed. A few cases of BIH associated with AVM have been described in adults and adolescents. Possible causal relation is discussed.

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Case Reports
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© 2002 Mac Keith Press

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