TY - JOUR
T1 - Progressive bilateral homonymous visual field defects caused by a left hemisphere arteriovenous malformation
T2 - Resolution after embolization
AU - Blake, Pamela Y.
AU - Miller, Neil R.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Intracranial supratentorial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) cause neurologic and visual deficits by a variety of mechanisms, mainly hemorrhage and seizures, but also compression, and, rarely, ischemia. In most cases, the deficits are on the side opposite the malformation. We present the case of a patient with a left hemisphere AVM who developed bilateral homonymous visual field defects. The patient subsequently underwent two embolizations of the AVM using N-butyl cyanoacrylate glue, resulting in almost complete resolution of the visual field defects. We conclude that some supratentorial AVMs produce visual and neurologic deficits by secondary effects on the contralateral hemisphere. In such cases, treatment of the AVM may result in resolution of the deficits.
AB - Intracranial supratentorial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) cause neurologic and visual deficits by a variety of mechanisms, mainly hemorrhage and seizures, but also compression, and, rarely, ischemia. In most cases, the deficits are on the side opposite the malformation. We present the case of a patient with a left hemisphere AVM who developed bilateral homonymous visual field defects. The patient subsequently underwent two embolizations of the AVM using N-butyl cyanoacrylate glue, resulting in almost complete resolution of the visual field defects. We conclude that some supratentorial AVMs produce visual and neurologic deficits by secondary effects on the contralateral hemisphere. In such cases, treatment of the AVM may result in resolution of the deficits.
KW - Arteriovenous malformation
KW - Embolization
KW - Homonymous visual field defects
KW - Vascular steal phenomenon
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U2 - 10.1076/noph.21.1.17.3930
DO - 10.1076/noph.21.1.17.3930
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032967057
SN - 0165-8107
VL - 21
SP - 17
EP - 23
JO - Neuro-Ophthalmology
JF - Neuro-Ophthalmology
IS - 1
ER -