Detection of a residual nidus by surgical microscope-integrated intraoperative near-infrared indocyanine green videoangiography in a child with a cerebral arteriovenous malformation

J Neurosurg. 2007 Nov;107(5 Suppl):416-8. doi: 10.3171/PED-07/11/416.

Abstract

With the use of indocyanine green (ICG) as a novel fluorescent dye, and its integration into a compact system that takes advantage of modern video technology, fluorescence angiography has recently reemerged as a viable option. In this report, the authors show the efficacy of ICG videoangiography in the case of a child with a cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM). In this case, the ICG videoangiography shows residual nidus of diffuse-type AVM. This is a safe and simple method that can be used to assess the microcirculation of the brain. The ICG videoangiography is helpful in resecting residual cerebral AVM, especially in cases of diffuse-type AVM.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coloring Agents*
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography*
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery*
  • Microsurgery
  • Neuronavigation
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Indocyanine Green