MIXED ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION AND CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA - A RARE SUBSET OF MIXED VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS - CASE-REPORT

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.