[Therapy of cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous vascular malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease)]

Nervenarzt. 1995 Feb;66(2):124-8.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Little is known about the course of cerebral aneurysms in hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber's disease). Thus, therapeutic decisions are often difficult. For the first time, we report the successful embolization of an arteriovenous fistula and multiple aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) of a patient with Rendu-Osler-Weber's disease after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Two years later she suffered another severe intracranial hemorrhage. Angiography revealed an aneurysm in the same artery (PICA), which spontaneously disappeared within 2 months. Spontaneous regression of aneurysms in Rendu-Osler-Weber's disease has not been reported before.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellum / blood supply
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / genetics
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / genetics
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / genetics
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / diagnosis
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / genetics
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / therapy*