Choi Jae Ho, Shin Ji Hoon, Cho Seong Shik, Choi Deuk Lin, Byun Bark Jang, Kim Dong Won
Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 657 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea.
Korean J Radiol. 2002 Jan-Mar;3(1):74-7. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.1.74.
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the brain is one of the important pathologic conditions which cause intracerebral or subarachnoid hemorrhage, epilepsy, or chronic cerebral ischemia. The spontaneous regression of cerebral AVM is reported to be very rare and more likely to occur when the AVM is small, is accompanied by hemorrhage, and has fewer arterial feeders. We report a case of right occipital AVM which at follow-up angiography performed four years later showed near-complete spontaneous regression.
脑动静脉畸形（AVM）是导致脑内或蛛网膜下腔出血、癫痫或慢性脑缺血的重要病理状况之一。据报道，脑AVM的自然消退非常罕见，且更易发生于AVM较小、伴有出血且供血动脉较少的情况。我们报告一例右枕叶AVM病例，在四年后进行的随访血管造影显示几乎完全自然消退。
