ANTERIOR FOSSA DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION DISCOVERED BY MEANS OF PW-DOPPLER EXAMINATION

One case of dural arteriovenous malformation in the base of the anteri or cranial fossa is reported. It was discovered by means of a PW-Doppl er examination of angular branch of the ophthalmic artery in a patient under observation for hypertrophy of a superficial temporal artery. T he nidus was located in the region of the cribriform plate and fed by the anterior ethmoidal arteries of both sides, draining into the super ior sagittal sinus, via pial enlarged veins. The patient successfully underwent surgical treatment and a post-operative PW-Doppler confirmed normalization of the Wow pattern in the angular branches of both opht halmic arteries.