J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2009 Jan;45(1):46-49. 10.3340/jkns.2009.45.1.46.

Repeated Intracerebral Hemorrhage from Developmental Venous Anomaly Alone

• Ku MG
• Rhee DY
• Park HS
• Kim DN

• KMID: 1466344
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2009.45.1.46

Abstract

Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are hemodynamically low flow, low resistance vascular malformations without clinical significance. Although most DVAs are asymptomatic and are found incidentally, sometimes they can be symptomatic with intracerebral hemorrhage, many of which are usually caused by associated cavernous malformations (CMs) rather than the DVAs themselves. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature where an intracerebral hemorrhage has been caused by a DVA alone. This report describes a case of an intracerebral hemorrhage due to DVA alone with review of the literature.

Keyword

Developmental venous anomaly; Cavernous malformation; Intracerebral hemorrhage

MeSH Terms

Caves
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Vascular Malformations