MULTIPLE ARTERIOVENOUS-MALFORMATIONS OF SPINAL-CORD AND BRAIN IN A CHILD

A case of concurrent intracranial and spinal cord arteriovenous malfor mations (AVMs) is described. A 3-year-old girl presented with parapare sis, bladder-bowel disturbances and bilateral dysesthesia of the lower extremities due to a spinal hematoma, resulting from a spinal AVM. Ma gnetic resonance imaging revealed a hematoma and abnormal vessels in t he spinal cord. The AVM was embolized with polyvinyl alcohol particles and silk sutures and was surgically removed. Later, this girl present ed with disturbance of consciousness due to an intraventricular hemorr hage, resulting from a cerebral AVM. The cerebral AVM was surgically r esected. The coexistence of bleeding cerebral and spinal AVMs is very rare.