Arteriovenous Malformations Differential Diagnoses
Arteriovenous Malformations Differential Diagnoses
Workup
Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, Association for Patient-Oriented Research, American Heart Association
Coauthor(s)
James Selph, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Director of Neurophysiology Lab and Services, Palmetto Richland Hospital
Sharon W Webb, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Sharon W Webb, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Neurocritical Care Society
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
Howard S Kirshner, MD Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Stroke Center; Program Director, Stroke Service, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Neurology, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Howard S Kirshner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Neurological Association, American Society of Neurorehabilitation, American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, National Stroke Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Tennessee Medical Association
Chief Editor
Helmi L Lutsep, MD Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine; Associate Director, OHSU Stroke Center
Helmi L Lutsep, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Stroke Association
Disclosure: Medscape Neurology Editorial Advisory Board for: Stroke Adjudication Committee, CREST2.
Edward L Hogan, MD Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia; Emeritus Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina
Edward L Hogan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Society for Neuroscience, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Southern Clinical Neurological Society
References
Axial T2 MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation with hemorrhage, in the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery.
T1 axial MRI showing a small subcortical arteriovenous malformation in the right frontal lobe.
T2 coronal MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation in the left medial temporal lobe.
Magnetic resonance angiography showing a left medial temporal arteriovenous malformation.
Angiogram (anteroposterior view) showing an arteriovenous malformation in the deep left middle cerebral artery territory measuring approximately 3 cm in diameter, with a deep draining vein (arrow).
Differential Diagnoses
- Anterior Circulation Stroke
- Cardioembolic Stroke
- Cavernous Sinus Syndromes
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
- Cerebral Aneurysms
- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania
- Cluster Headache
- Dissection Syndromes
- Emergent Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Headache: Pediatric Perspective
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Migraine Headache
- Migraine Variants
- Migraine in Children
- Moyamoya Disease
- Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke
- Vein of Galen Malformation
Workup
Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, MS, FAHA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, Association for Patient-Oriented Research, American Heart Association
Coauthor(s)
James Selph, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Director of Neurophysiology Lab and Services, Palmetto Richland Hospital
Sharon W Webb, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Sharon W Webb, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Neurocritical Care Society
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
Howard S Kirshner, MD Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Stroke Center; Program Director, Stroke Service, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Neurology, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Howard S Kirshner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Neurological Association, American Society of Neurorehabilitation, American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, National Stroke Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Tennessee Medical Association
Chief Editor
Helmi L Lutsep, MD Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine; Associate Director, OHSU Stroke Center
Helmi L Lutsep, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Stroke Association
Disclosure: Medscape Neurology Editorial Advisory Board for: Stroke Adjudication Committee, CREST2.
Edward L Hogan, MD Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia; Emeritus Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina
Edward L Hogan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Society for Neuroscience, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Southern Clinical Neurological Society
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Axial T2 MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation with hemorrhage, in the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery.
T1 axial MRI showing a small subcortical arteriovenous malformation in the right frontal lobe.
T2 coronal MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation in the left medial temporal lobe.
Magnetic resonance angiography showing a left medial temporal arteriovenous malformation.
Angiogram (anteroposterior view) showing an arteriovenous malformation in the deep left middle cerebral artery territory measuring approximately 3 cm in diameter, with a deep draining vein (arrow).
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