Dystrophic intracranial calcification: CT evidence of 'cerebral steal' from arteriovenous malformation

Y L Yu; E K Chiu; E Woo; F L Chan; W K Lam; C Y Huang; P W Lee

doi:10.1007/BF00350433

Dystrophic intracranial calcification: CT evidence of 'cerebral steal' from arteriovenous malformation

Neuroradiology. 1987;29(6):519-22. doi: 10.1007/BF00350433.

Authors

Y L Yu¹, E K Chiu, E Woo, F L Chan, W K Lam, C Y Huang, P W Lee

Affiliation

¹ University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

PMID: 3431695
DOI: 10.1007/BF00350433

Abstract

Two cases of dystrophic intracranial calcification due to arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are reported. The characteristic distribution is in the watershed areas and away from the AVM. Deposition of calcium on ischaemic brain tissues as a result of 'cerebral steal' by the AVM is the probable pathogenetic mechanism.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*