Arteriovenous malformations of the brain: natural history in unoperated patients

Two-hundred and seventeen patients from a total population of 343 patients with arteriovenous malformations, were managed without surgery. Follow up was for a mean of 10.4 years. Using life survival analyses, there was a 42% risk of haemorrhage, 29% risk of death, 18% risk of epilepsy and a 27% risk...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1986-01, Vol.49 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Crawford, P M, West, C R, Chadwick, D W, Shaw, M D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy - etiology
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hydrocephalus - etiology
Infant
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - complications
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnosis
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - surgery
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurology
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - etiology
Syndrome
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:Two-hundred and seventeen patients from a total population of 343 patients with arteriovenous malformations, were managed without surgery. Follow up was for a mean of 10.4 years. Using life survival analyses, there was a 42% risk of haemorrhage, 29% risk of death, 18% risk of epilepsy and a 27% risk of having a neurological handicap by 20 years after diagnosis in unoperated patients.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.49.1.1