Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2021 Jun;27(1):30-34. 10.15746/sms.21.008.

Developmental Venous Anomaly Presenting Intracranial Hemorrhage without Associated Vascular Anomaly

• Kim SH
• Yeo DG
• Lee GS

• KMID: 2517789
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15746/sms.21.008

Abstract

Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are cited as the most common intracranial vascular anomaly. In the majority of cases, it has a benign clinical course, and complications such as intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) are rarely reported. In the rare cases of DVAs presenting ICH, the causes of hemorrhage are usually by a combined vascular anomaly, mostly cavernous malformation (CM) or complicated DVAs, such as thrombosis in the vein of DVAs. We report a rare case of uncomplicated DVA presenting hemorrhage without accompanied vascular anomaly, such as CM. The cause of hemorrhage is suggested to be a specific form of DVA, arterialized DVA. Arterialized DVAs should be noted that they have a greater risk of hemorrhage than classic DVAs.

Keyword

Developmental venous anomaly; Intracranial hemorrhages; Arterialized developmental venous anomaly