Book chapter
Unruptured Eloquent Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Arm Weakness
Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
01 Aug 2019
Abstract
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations are often located in regions of the brain that are not surgically accessible, or they are found in patients who are not candidates for microsurgery. If the expected neurological morbidity of surgical extirpation is unacceptably high, or if the patient’s medical condition presents an unacceptable risk for surgery, either conservative management or radiosurgery should be offered. Stereotactic radiosurgery provides a noninvasive treatment of such lesions and should be considered in the discussion of management of all arteriovenous malformations. Customization of treatment strategy to each arteriovenous malformation is necessary, as obliteration rates and complications share an inverse relationship depending on treatment volume and radiation dose. This chapter presents the key considerations in the workup and radiosurgical management of patients with arteriovenous malformations.
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- Title
- Unruptured Eloquent Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Arm Weakness
- Creators
- Adeel IlyasDale DingMatthew J. ShepardJason P. Sheehan
- Publication Details
- Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
- Series
- Neurosurgery by Example
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Other Identifier
- 991022154807604721