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Multiple de novo vascular malformations in relation to diffuse venous occlusive disease: a case report

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Brain vascular malformations are dynamic disorders. Although mostly considered to be of congenital origin, the improvement of clinical imaging and vasculogenesis knowledge has shown that they might also result from a biological dysfunction of the remodeling process after birth. Venous occlusive disease and ishemia may represent powerful revealing triggers and support the capillary venous origin of some vascular malformations. We report a unique case of the development of multiple de novo vascular malformations (transverse sinus dural fistula and posterior fossa cavernomas) following acoustic neuroma surgery.

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The authors are grateful to Drs. MC Wallace, R. Willinsky, P.J. Porter and to the Toronto Brain Vascular Malformations Study Group for their support.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Hopital Laennec, University of Nantes, Nantes, France

    H. A. Desal

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Raoul & M. Tymianski

  3. Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Fell Pavilion 3-210, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M5T2S8, Canada

    H. A. Desal, S. K. Lee, B. S. Kim & K. G. TerBrugge

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Desal, H.A., Lee, S.K., Kim, B.S. et al. Multiple de novo vascular malformations in relation to diffuse venous occlusive disease: a case report. Neuroradiology 47, 38–42 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-0971-7

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