5. AV MALFORMATION
• MC
• Usually congenital
• Tightly packed thin walled
vessels (NIDUS)
• Direct artery to vein shunting
• No intervening capillary bed
• Most AVMs are parenchymal
lesions – aka PIAL AVMs
6. AV MALFORMATION
PATHOLOGY
• LOCATION: supratentorial(85%)
• SIZE : 2-6cms in diameter
• NUMBER : solitary (<2%multiple)
• Multiple when a/w syndromes HHT , Wyburn-Mason
syndrome
7. AV MALFORMATION
PATHOLOGY
GROSS : Wedge shaped tangled
irregulary dilated vessels with varying
wall thickness and luminal size
Surrounding brain parenchyma : H’age
residue , gliosis,ischemic changes
HPE: well defined elastic
lamina(usually absent in venous
channels ) with focal areas of wall
thinning
8. AV MALFORMATION
CLINICAL FEATURES
• Presentation: 2-4th decade
• Headache with H’age – MC
• Seizures > hemorrhage(adults )
• Seizures < hemorrhage(children )
Nidus – MC site for hemorrhage
Location – peri/interventricular /basal ganglia
• Focal neurological deficits(20-25%)
STEAL from adjacent normal area
Mass effect
10. AV MALFORMATION
PROGNOSIS
• All are potentially hazardous
• Lifelong risk of H’age- 2-4% every year cumulative
• Spontaneous regression – rare and unpredictable
12. AV MALFORMATION
IMAGING
CT
• NECT
– Normal : Very small AVM
– Iso/hyperdense serpentine
vessels(BAG OF WORMS)
– Calcification(25-30%)
– AVM Bleed – parenchymal , IVH >>
SAH
– Post embolization: hyperdense
embolics in nidus
CECT
• Enhanced arterial feeders , nidus and
draining veins
13. AV MALFORMATION
MR
• T1W1 – tightly packed mass or honeycomb of flow
voids
• T2W1 – serpiginous honeycomb of flow voids
adjacent high signal tissue – gliosis
• FLAIR- flow voids +/- surrounding high signal
• GRE - blooming (H’agic residua)
14. AV MALFORMATION
ANGIOGRAPHY
• Internal angioarchitecture best depiction
• Depicts 3 components of AVM
– Enlarged arteries+/- aneurysm
– Nidus
– Early draining veins
17. AV MALFORMATION
ANGIOGRAPHY
Draining Veins
• Opacify in mid-late arterial phase(Early draining
vein)
• Enlarged , tortuous and may form varices exerting
local mass effect
• Stenosis can cause AVM H’age by ↑ intranidal
pressure
18.
19. AV MALFORMATION
TREATMENT
• Complete obliteration of nidus for cure
• Traditonal Rx – Surgical excision for nidus
• Acute and emergent surgical intervention – in life
threatening ICH
20. AV MALFORMATION
STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY
• Focussed irradiation to nidus
• Indication
– Unresectable because of location
– Size < 3.5cms
• Adv : Non invasive
• Disadv :Effect takes years
Risk of h’age till it disappears completely
21. AV MALFORMATION
ENDOVASCULAR RX
• Adjunct to Sx/ RadioSx
• Used in small AVMs or 1-2 feeding arteries
• Embolisation – Precedes surgery /radiosx
reduce size of nidus
• Complete cure if : small AVM , few feeders , single
draining vein
22. DURAL AV FISTULA
• 2nd MC CVM with AV shunting
• Tiny crack like vessels that
shunt blood b/w meningeal
arteries and small venules
within dural sinus wall
• ETIOLOGY : Acquired
– ↑ angiogenesis within
dural sinus wall after
thrombosis
23. DURAL AV FISTULA
PATHOLOGY
• LOCATION: Trans Sinus>Sig sinus>Cav sinus(adults)
Sup Sigmoid sinus (Children)
• SIZE : Tiny single vessel shunts to massive complex
lesions with multiple feeders
• NUMBER : Multiple lesions are uncommon
24. DURAL AV FISTULA
PATHOLOGY
GROSS : Multiple enlarged dural feeders on the wall of
thrombosed dural sinus
: Fistulas connecting feeders with arterialized
draining veins
HPE: irregular intimal thickening with variable loss of
internal elastic lamina
25. DURAL AV FISTULA
CLINICAL FEATURE
• Mostly in adults(40-60yrs)
• C/F varies wht location and drainage pattern
TS-SigS - Bruit and tinnitus
Cav S – Pulsatile proptosis , chemsois , retroorbital
pain
• Lesions with cortical venous drainage(Malignant
dAVF) : seizures, dementia , progressive FND
27. DURAL AV FISTULA
TREATMENT
• Conservative – Observation +/- carotid compression
technique
If rsk of H’age
• Endovascular – Embolisation of arterial feeders with
particulate or liquid agents , coil embolization of venous
sinus
• Surgical resection of involved dural venous sinus
• Stereotactic RadioSx- 2-3 years for obliteration
29. DURAL AV FISTULA-IMAGING
CT
• Normal to striking
• Enlarged dural sinus or draining vein/transosseous
venous channels
• Car-Cav fistula : Enlarged SOV
• CECT – Enlarged feeding arteries and draining veins
Dural sinus may be thrombosed or stenotic
31. DURAL AV FISTULA-IMAGING
MRI
• Dilated cortical vein without nidus adjacent to
normal appearing brain
• MC finding – thrombosed dural venous sinus with
flow voids
• Thrombus – T1 and T2 isointense typically
T2* - blooming
33. DURAL AV FISTULA-IMAGING
ANGIOGRAPHY
• Best imaging tool
• DSA with superselective catheterization of dural and
transosseous feeders required
• Dural branches – arise from ECA , ICA and vertebral
arteries
• Presence of dural sinus thrombosis, flow reversal
with drainage into cortical veins and engorged
tortuous pial veins
34. DURAL AV FISTULA-IMAGING
ANGIOGRAPHY
• High flow venopathy can cause stenosis . Occlusion
or hemorrhage
• Dysplastic venous pouches may cause H’age
• Increased H’age with cortical venous drainage and
dysplastic venous dilatation
37. CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA
• AV shunting developing
within cavernous sinus
• Direct
– High Flow
– Rupture of cavernous
ICA into CS
• Indirect
– Slow flow , low pressure
– Fistula b/w dural br of
ICA and the CS
38. CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA
ETIOLOGY
• Almost always acquired
• Direct
– Traumatic: central skull base #
– Non-Traumatic: Preexisting cavernous ICA
aneurysm
• Indirect
– Degenerative – sequelae of dural sinus thrombosis
40. CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA
CLINICAL FEATURES
DIRECT INDIRECT
EPIDEMIOLOGY Less common More common
DEMOGRAPHICS M=F
Any age
Women
40-60yrs
PRESENTATION Bruit
Pulsatile xophthalmos
Orbital edema
↓vision
Glaucoma
Painless proptosis
Vision changes
TREATMENT Fistula closure by
transarterial
transfistula
detachable balloon
embolisation
Conservative
Superselectiv
eembolisation
44. CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA-IMAGING
ANGIOGRAPHY
DIRECT CCF
• Rapid flow with early opacification of CS
• Fistula may be noted in ICA segment
INDIRECT CCF
• Multiple dural feeders from Cavernous br of ICA and
deep br of ECA(mid meningeal and dist max A)
• Anastomoses b/w ICA and ECA feeders are common
46. VEIN OF GALEN ANEURYSMAL MALFORMATION
• Direct AV fistula b/w
deep choroidal arteries
and persistent
embryonic precursor of
VOG
• Large midline venous
pouch behind the 3rd
ventricle
• MC extracardiac cause
of high-output cardiac
failure in newborn
47. VEIN OF GALEN ANEURYSMAL MALFORMATION
• In normal fetal dvpt : arterial supply of choroid
plexus drains via single transient midline vein –
median prosencephalic vein
• Internal cerebral vein drains fetal chorid plexus as
MPV regresses
• Persistent high flow fistula prevents regression
48. VEIN OF GALEN ANEURYSMAL MALFORMATION
CLINICAL FEATURES
• >30% of symptomatic VM in children
• Rare in adults
• Neonates – high output CCF with cranial bruit
• Older infants – macrocrania + hydrocephalus +/- CCF
• Older Children – Developmental delay and seizures
• Young adults - Headache
• Large VGAMS – cerebral ischemia and dystrophic changes
• Left untreated – Die of progressive brain damage and
intracatable CCF
49. VEIN OF GALEN ANEURYSMAL MALFORMATION
TREATMENT
• Goal – not anatomic cure of VGAM but control
malformation to allow normal brain dvpt
• Staged arterial embolization at 4/5m
50. VGAM – IMAGING
CT
• NECT
– Enlarge dwell
delineated hyperdense
mass at tentorial apex
– Obstructive
hydrocephalus
– H’age and calcification
may be present.
• CECT – Strong uniform
enhancement
51. VGAM – IMAGING
MRI
• Enlarged serpentine
arterial feeders
adjacent to the
lesion
52. VGAM – IMAGING
ANGIOGRAPHY
2 forms based on angioarchitecture
• Choroidal – Multiple br from pericallosal choroidal
and thalamoperforate arteries drain into dilated
midline venous sac
• Mural – single or few enlarged collicular or post
choridal arteries drain into sinus wall
• Venous drainage into persistent embryonic FALCINE
SINUS
56. DEVELOPMENTAL VENOUS ANOMALY
• VENOUS
ANGIOMA/VENOUS
MALFORMATION
• Umbrella shaped CVM
with mature venous part.
• No arterial component
• May represent anatomic
variant of otherwise
normal venous drainage
57. DEVELOPMENTAL VENOUS ANOMALY
CLINICAL FEATURES
• Usually asymptomatic
• Headache/seizures
• H’age with FND ( if a/w cavernous malformation)
• MC vascular malformation at autopsy
60. DEVELOPMENTAL VENOUS ANOMALY
NECT
• Normal , enlarged draining vein may appear
hyperdense
CECT
• Numerous linear or punctate enhancing foci and
converge on single enlarged tubular draining vein
62. DEVELOPMENTAL VENOUS ANOMALY
MR
• T1 – Normal if DVA is small
H’age if mixed malformations
• T1 C+ - stellate collection of linear enhancement
structures joining subependymal collector vein.
• GRE – if H;age in coexisting cavernous malformation
- Occasionally hypo – Not H’age but deoxyHb
within venous blood
66. CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION
• CAVERNOUS
ANGIOMA/CAVERNOMA
• Characterised by
intralesional hemorrhages
into thin walled
angiogenically immature
blood filled locules called
CAVERNS
• Well marginated lesion with
no normal brain
parrenchyma
• Inherited or acquired
67. CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION
PATHOLOGY
• Location : Mostly infratentorial (PONS)
• Dark blue well circumscribed lobulated lesion with
mulberry like config
• CCMs do not contain brain parenchyma
• Adjacent parenchyma: reactive changes , hemosiderin
deposition
• Dystrophic calcification+
• HPE – collagenised sinusoids with NO
MUSCULARIS/ELASTICA(avm has it )
72. CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION-IMAGING
MRI
MR – DIAGNOSTIC
Focal central
heterogeneity(varying
hemorrhage within
caverns)- POPCORN
appearance on T2WI
Circumferential
hypointense ring of
hemosiderin form around
high intense central areas
76. CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA
IMAGING
• Usually <1cm
CT – Usually Normal
MR
• T1W1 –usually normal
• T2 – 50% normal
- 50 % show stippled
foci of hyperintensity
• T2* - Best sequence for
demonstrating the
lesion(poorly delineated
greyish hypointensity)
• T1+C – BRUSH LIKE
79. SINUS PERICRANII
• Large transcalvarial
communication
between intra and
extra-cranial venous
drainage system
• Mostly congenital
• May be a/w other
dva
80. SINUS PERICRANII
CLINICAL FEATURES
• Rare
• Children and young adults
• NON TENDER NON PULSATILE BLUISH
COMORESSIBLE SCALP MASS
• Increase in size with Valsalva
• Reduce on upright position
83. SINUS PERICRANII-IMAGING
MRI
• T1WI – iso
• T2WI- Hyperintense
ANGIOGRAM
• Arterial and capillary phase
normal
• Venous phase – Visualised on
late venous phase mostly
• Contrast accumulating within
the lesion and adjacent to the
skull defect with pericranial
scalp vein
84. ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT of CVM
EMBOLIC AGENTS USED
Liquid agents
Acrylic glue
• Chemically N-butyl
cyanoacrylate
• Polymerises on contact
with hydroxyl ions in
blood
• Induces vasculitis and
thereby thrombosis of
AVM
85. ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT of CVM
ONYX
• Ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer
• Mixed with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
• On mixing it forms a soft spongy polymer
• Its more effective than acrylic glue
86. ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT of CVM
PARTICULATE AGENTS
SILICONE SPHERES
• First agents ever used
• Mixed with Ba to make it radiopaque
• Increased rebleeding rate
87. ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT of CVM
BALLOONS
• Silicone or latex made
• Occlude large AVM feeding arteries/high flow fistula
• Replaced by coils
POLY VINYL ALCOHOL
• Delivered via guide wire dependent catheters(~500mics)
• Flow dependent catheters (<350mics)
• Clumping of particles causing slowing and then
thrombosis
88. ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT of CVM
MICROCOILS
• Used along with
embolic agents
• They reduce the flow
in rapid av shunts
• Also in treatment of
intracranial aneurysm
a/w AVMs
Hinweis der Redaktion
Nidus – high flow low resistance vascular bed rerplacing normal arterioles
Thin wall cause hemorrhage
Apex – ventricle , base near cortex
Eloquent area – area with identifiable neuro funxn
Grade 4 n above – unresectable and untreatbale
Left) NECT shows serpentine hyperdensities . (Right) CECT shows strong uniform enhancement . Wedge-shaped configuration is typical for
AVM. Roughly 85% of AVMs are supratentorial.
Local hypoeperfusion in thrombosed dural venous sinus – increased intrasinsu pressure
thrombosed transverse sinus with multiple tiny arteriovenous in the dural wall(thickarrow) . Lesion is mostly supplied by
transosseous feeders(curved arrow) from the external carotid artery.
FND – focal neurological deficits
FND – focal neurological deficits
Benign course – h’age is are
Sov – superior ophthalmic vein
CTA source ,right-sided tinnitus shows no obvious abnormality, although the right sigmoid sinus looks peculiar. 7-11B.
Bone CT in the same patient shows multiple enlarged transosseous vascular channels
Contrast-enhanced MRA dural sinus thrombosis , multiple enhancing vascular channels
7-11D. MRA innumerable tiny feeding arteries(bold arrow) supplying a dAVF at the transverse-sigmoid sinus junction. The sinus
has partially recanalized , and the distal sigmoid sinus and jugular bulb are partially opacified.(curved arrow)
Stratify risk of dAVf rupture
DSA of the external carotid artery in a patient with tinnitus, dAVF in the occluded transverse sinus(bold arrow) supplied by the middle meningeal artery (curved arrow), transosseous branches(straight) from the ECA.
The right cavernous sinus is enlarged by numerous dilated arterial and venous
channels.
Skull bas e# - stretch injury of ica /puncture from bony segment
CECT The right cavernous sinus is enlarged , and the ipsilateral superior ophthalmic vein is more than 4 times the size of the left superior ophthalmic vein .
T2WI enlarged right cavernous sinus containing numerous abnormal “flow voids”
Narrowed ICA before terminating in a large venous pouch.Venous reflux into SOV and IOV is present
Enlarged choroidal veins(staright arrow) draining directly to dilated MPV and to torcu via falcine culcus.
Torcular heterophili(venous sinus confluence) enlarged.
CECT scan massive VGAM(bold) draining into an enlarged falcine sinus (staright), causing obstructive hydrocephalus.
Sagittal T2WI shows prominent arteries supplying an enlarged median prosencephalic vein . Note enlarged falcine sinus(curved ) .
DSA in the same patient shows that the VGAM(bold arrow) is supplied by multiple direct arterial fistulas .
Neonatal transcranial US shows a large VGAM posterior to the 3rd ventricle. Prominent vessels with arterial flow(staright) supply the lesion.
enlarged medullary veins(BOLD) draining into a single transmantle collector vein .
CECT , CTA classic DVA in left cerebellar hemisphere .
classic DVA with enlarged WM veins(bold) and a collector vein draining into the anterior aspect of the superior sagittal
sinus.
Subacute(curved) , classic “popcorn ball” appearances of CCMs. Microhemorrhages are seen as multifocal “blooming black dots” .
Based on imaging
Irritative effect of hemosiderin , gliosis , compression on cortex
Irritative effect of hemosiderin , gliosis , compression on cortex
T2WI shows classic “popcorn ball” appearance with locules of blood in different stages of evolution surrounded by hemosiderin rim
Graphic depicts pontine capillary telangiectasia with tiny dilated capillaries interspersed with normal brain
FLAIR scan shows faint patchy hyperintensity in the pons. 7-47D. T2* GRE scan shows susceptibility effect with grayish hypointensity in
the mid pons.
T1 C+ scan shows the brush-like faint enhancement
Coronal graphic depicts a classic sinus pericranii (SP BOLD ARROW) with an expanded venous pouch under the scalp connecting to the intracranial venous
system through a transcalvarial channel. a/w wd DVA
CT venogram – SP communicating with sup sagittal sinus
Late venous phase DSA shows angiographic findings of sinus pericranii with enlarged venous pouches connecting directly to
the superior sagittal sinus through a transcalvarial channel