Risk Assessment of Hemorrhage of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms in Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations

Operative Neurosurgery
Alice L HungJudy Huang

Abstract

Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are associated with increased risk of rupture and severe consequences from such rupture. The hemorrhagic risk of prenidal aneurysms (anr) on the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) may exceed that of the AVM in posterior fossa AVMs fed by PICA (PICA-AVM). To characterize the relative risks of aneurysm and AVM hemorrhage in patients with posterior fossa AVMs. We retrospectively reviewed patients diagnosed with AVM. Patients with posterior fossa AVMs were divided into 3 groups: PICA-AVM with prenidal aneurysm (PICA-AVM-anr group), PICA-AVM without prenidal aneurysm (PICA-AVM group), and AVMs without PICA feeder with/without aneurysm (AVM-only group). Patient and lesion characteristics and treatment outcomes were compared. ANOVA and chi squared tests were used for statistical analyses. Our cohort included 85 patients. Mean age was 45.3 ± 18.1 yr, with 43(50.6%) female patients. Fifty-one patients (60.0%) had hemorrhagic presentation, and 27 (31.8%) experienced acute hydrocephalus. Patients in the PICA-AVM-anr group (n = 11) were more likely to present with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH; P = .005) and less likely to have AVM rupture (P < .001). Ten (90.9%) patient...Continue Reading

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