Progressive visual field defects in patients with intracranial arteriovenous malformations

Am J Ophthalmol. 1990 May 15;109(5):556-62. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70685-3.

Abstract

Two men, aged 59 and 36 years, had large, intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Both patients developed severe, bilateral visual loss secondary to unrecognized chronic papilledema. Lumbar puncture disclosed increased intracranial pressure. Neuroimaging disclosed only vascular malformations. The patients were treated by embolization of the vascular malformations and ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedures. The malformation of one patient was excised.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy
  • Intracranial Pressure / physiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Papilledema / physiopathology*
  • Visual Fields / physiology*