Spontaneous disappearance of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation in infancy

Case report

Hideo Mabe M.D.1 and Masahiro Furuse M.D.M1
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  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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✓ The authors report a case of the disappearance of an arteriovenous malformation in infancy, demonstrated by follow-up angiography performed 7 months after the original angiograms. Some possible mechanisms whereby a cerebral arteriovenous anomaly is thrombosed are discussed.

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