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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Arteriovenous Malformations, Intracranial
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Supratentorial lesions, Infratentorial lesions, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, Reference,
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Topics Discussed: intracranial arteriovenous malformation.
Excerpt: | |  Initial symptoms
| | – Hemorrhage in 30–60% of cases – Recurrent seizures in 20–40% – Headache in 5–25% – Miscellaneous complaints (including focal deficits) in 10–15% |
Focal or generalized seizures may accompany or follow hemorrhage or may be the initial presentation, especially with frontal or parietal AVMs Headaches, especially when the external carotid arteries are involved (sometimes simulate migraine but usually are nonspecific in character) In patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, examination may reveal an abnormal mental status and signs of meningeal irritation Symptoms..."
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