Development of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation documented in an adult by serial angiography - Case report

This 61-year-old man with a right-sided tentorial dural arteriovenous fistu la (DAVF) was initially treated with staged stereotactic radiosurgery and t ransarterial embolization. Results of follow-up cerebral angiography perfor med 4 years later demonstrated complete obliteration of the dAVF and develo pment of a previously undetected cerebellar arteriovenous malformation (AVM ). The newly diagnosed AVM was treated with repeated stereotactic radiosurg ery. This represents the first reported case of the development of a cerebr al AVM documented in an adult by serial angiography.