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7562033

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Intramedullary arteriovenous malformations are rare in childhood. Yasargil reports only two cases in children under ten years of age out of a total of forty-one cases of AVM operated on between 1967 and 1983 in which microsurgical techniques were used. The early symptoms of these lesions are those due to intramedullary or subarachnoid haemorrhage with neurological deficit, pain and/or weakness or numbness of one or more limbs. We report the case of an intramedullary haematoma due to arteriovenous malformation within the medulla oblongata in a three year old child admitted for cervical pain and right arm hypostenia. The CT scan and MRI showed an intramedullary expansive lesion with associated internal haematoma between C1-C7 level. Because of the rapid clinical deterioration upon the onset of right hemiparesis we procedeed to empty the intramedullary haematoma and to remove the intrabulbar AVM. A swift improvement of neurological deficit was observed along with a total regression of the symptomatology in a month's time. The excellent results reported in this case, very likely the only case in the literature occurring in a very small child at this spinal cord level, are mostly due to the early surgical treatment and to the exact information that MRI provided.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0390-5616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
255-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Intramedullary haemorrhage due to AVM located within the medulla oblongata in a three year old child. Case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Division of Santobono Hospital, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports