Cerebral arteriovenous malformations in childhood: state of the art with special reference to treatment

T Menovsky; J J van Overbeeke

doi:10.1007/s004310050703

Cerebral arteriovenous malformations in childhood: state of the art with special reference to treatment

Eur J Pediatr. 1997 Oct;156(10):741-6. doi: 10.1007/s004310050703.

Authors

T Menovsky¹, J J van Overbeeke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 9365059
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050703

Abstract

In this state of the art paper, the clinical and diagnostic features of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in childhood are outlined and special attention is paid to the treatment. Several options exists for the treatment of an AVM, consisting of surgery, endovascular embolization, stereotactic radiosurgery, or a combination of these treatments.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Combined Modality Therapy
Embolization, Therapeutic
Humans
Infant
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / mortality
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery*
Microsurgery
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / mortality
Radiosurgery
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome