J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1992 Mar;21(3):359-363.

A Surgical Approach in Arteriovenous Malformation of the Medical Temporal Lobe

• Hwang SI
• Park CK
• Kang JK
• Choi CR

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformation(AVM) of the medial temporal lobe would be interesting to neurosurgeons enough to draw their attentions because it's obscure location, making resection more difficult than the usual AVM and high possibility of operative morbidity caused by intraventricular hermorrhage and/or injury of the adjacent structures such as optic tract, brain stem and basal ganglia. A patient who underwent successful excision of AVM of this region is presented. It has ben confirmed that a transcortical surgical approach through the inferior portion of the temporal lobe could minimize retraction of the brain to avoid operative morbidity and manage a main feeding artery without difficulty.

Keyword

Arteriovenous malformation; Medial temporal lobe; Transcortical approach; Surgical resection

MeSH Terms

Arteries
Arteriovenous Malformations*
Attention
Basal Ganglia
Brain
Brain Stem
Humans
Temporal Lobe*
Visual Pathways