Successful Treatment of Life Threatening Intracranial AVM by Endovascular Embolization in Dhaka Medical College Hospital

Authors

  • Sharif Uddin Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Kazi Mohibur Rahman Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Mahmudur Rahman Siddiqui Postgraduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Azharul Hoque Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Md Badrul Alam Mondol Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Shakir Husain Chief Neuroendovascular and Stroke therapy Department, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Deilhi
  • Quazi Deen Mohammad Professor and Head, Department of Neurology and Principal, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v11i1.4275

Keywords:

Arteriovenous malformation, seizure, digital subtraction angiogram, endovascular embolization

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are tangled, dilated blood vessels in which arteries flow directly into veins. AVMs can bleed or directly compress brain tissue; seizures or ischemia may result. Haemorrhagic stroke from AVM represents 2% of all haemorrhagic strokes. A clear understanding of the diagnostic and treatment algorithms of cerebral AVM management is very important because AVMs are a cause of hemorrhage in young adults. We report a 16 years old boy with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM), complicated by recurrent throbbing headache, vomiting and seizure. This was clearly diagnosed by Digital subtraction angiogram (DSA). He was successfully treated by endovascular embolization at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. This was the second successful cerebral endovascular embolization in any government hospital of Bangladesh.

Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation, seizure, digital subtraction angiogram, endovascular embolization.

DOI:10.3329/jom.v11i1.4275

J Medicine 2010: 11: 60-62

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Khan, S. U., Rahman, K. M., Siddiqui, M. M. R., Hoque, M. A., Mondol, M. B. A., Husain, S., & Mohammad, Q. D. (2010). Successful Treatment of Life Threatening Intracranial AVM by Endovascular Embolization in Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Journal of Medicine, 11(1), 60–62. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v11i1.4275

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