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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 124-127 |
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Management of a ruptured and unruptured pial arteriovenous fistula during and after pregnancy
Clayton H Gerndt1, Dylan J Goodrich1, Dinesh Ramanathan1, Brian C Dahlin2, Ben Waldau1
1 UC Davis Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, Clayton, USA
2 UC Davis Department of Neurological Interventional Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, Clayton, USA
Correspondence Address:
Ben Waldau
4860 Y Street, Suite 3740 Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 734-4300
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/bc.bc_37_20
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We present the case of a 16-week pregnant 19-year-old female who presented with hemiplegia due to a ruptured right frontal pial arteriovenous fistula (PAVF). She was also found to have an unruptured right temporal PAVF and a family history of brain hemorrhage. The patient was managed with Onyx embolization of the ruptured fistula, followed by surgical excision and hematoma evacuation. At 35 weeks gestation, she underwent cesarean section to prevent rupture of the second fistula in the setting of peripartum hypervolemia and increasing headaches. The child was delivered healthy. Subsequently, the right temporal AV fistula, supplied by a middle cerebral artery and posterior cerebral artery branch, underwent staged embolization resulting in complete occlusion. The patient recovered to a modified Rankin score of two, with a left foot drop as only persistent significant motor deficit.
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