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Lateral ventricular arteriovenous malformations: Natural history and surgical indications

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The authors report 21 cases of lateral ventricular arteriovenous malformation (AVM) focusing on their natural history and surgical indications. Eighteen of 21 patients (86%) had bleedings prior to admission. We performed definitive surgery in 9 patients and conservative treatment in 12 patients.

In 7 of 9 patients (78%) in the operative group and in 5 of 12 patients (42%) in the non-operative group, the nidus of the AVM was less than 4 cm in diameter. The other 2 AVMs in the operative group, more than 4 cm in diameter, were located in the temporal lobe and widely extended to the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle. The nidi of the AVMs were totally removed in all 9 cases in the operative group. All patients have been doing well except one who had a mental breakdown 6 years after surgery.

In 10 patients in the non-operative group, AVMs were located in the left cerebral hemispheres. Three patients in the non-operative group had rebleeding of the AVM. Two of the 12 patients in the non-operative group (17%) died of the recurrent haemorrhages. The rate of bleeding of the lateral ventricular AVM seems to be higher than that of the cerebral cortical AVM, but the mortality due to recurrent bleeding might be similar between the two.

The operative indications we made depended on the sizes and locations of the AVMs. For AVMs in the temporal horn, even though they were large, we performed total removals of the nidi and had good results. We did not perform any definitive surgery for AVMs more than 4 cm in diameter except for those in the temporal horn. The mortality and morbidity of the 21 cases were 10% and 14%, respectively. Patients with AVMs in the temporal horn and patients with small AVMs in the frontal horn were good candidates for definitive surgery. We undertook conservative treatment for patients with large AVMs, and the results were acceptable.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Sh. Nagata M.D., T. Matsushima, K. Fujii, I. Takeshita & M. Fukui

  2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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Nagata, S., Matsushima, T., Fujii, K. et al. Lateral ventricular arteriovenous malformations: Natural history and surgical indications. Acta neurochir 112, 37–46 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402452

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