Sd. Chang et al., MIXED ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION AND CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA - A RARE SUBSET OF MIXED VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 86(4), 1997, pp. 699-703
In this report, the authors discuss the case of a patient with a mixed
cerebrovascular malformation in which an arteriovenous malformation (
AVM) was associated with a capillary telangiectasia. Recent reports ha
ve contained reviews of various subsets of mixed malformations. To the
authors' knowledge, however, this is the first report of a mixed vasc
ular malformation with both arterial and capillary components. The pat
ient underwent complete resection of the AVM after presenting with a c
linical hemorrhage. She required a second operation to resect the capi
llary telangiectasia after new symptoms developed several months follo
wing the first procedure. The authors conclude that a mixed AVM-capill
ary telangiectasia is a rare but distinct entity.