Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting as Persistent Fetal Circulation

Walker A. Long; Stewart A. Schall; G. William Henry

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1000011

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1984; 1(3): 236-241
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000011

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting as Persistent Fetal Circulation

Diagnosis by Cross-Sectional EchoWalker A. Long, Stewart A. Schall, G. William Henry

Medical Division, Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Two infants with cerebral arteriovenous malformation (CAVM), both initially seen with persistent fetal circulation, were studied with cross-sectional echo. The descending aorta, which is dilated in infants with CAVM, was identified in the subxiphoid four-chamber and short-axis views in both infants. In both infants the arteriovenous malformation was readily identified by cross-sectional echo as a lucency within the brain. Pulsation of the cranial lucency was noted in one infant, but only still frames from the head echo were preserved in the other infant, and pulsation was not commented on in that case.

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