Spontaneous Regression Of Posterior Fossa Dural Arteriovenous Malformation
Journal of Neurosurgery 51(5): Nov 1979; 715-717
View Original Source →Abstract
The authors report a case of infratentorial arteriovenous malformation that regressed spontaneously within 25 months without bleeding episodes or surgical intervention. The patient’s clinical symptoms, left-sided tinnitus, cranial bruit, and right homonymous hemianopsia disappeared completely over the same period. (Permission to reproduce case report denied by publisher.)
Case Details
Clinical Characteristics
Left-sided tinnitus, cranial bruit, and right homonymous hemianopsia
Remission Characteristics
Regressed spontaneously within 25 months without bleeding episodes or surgical intervention
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Clinical Treatment
No surgical intervention
Additional Notes
The patients clinical symptoms disappeared completely over the same period. (Permission to reproduce case report denied by publisher.)