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Are parenchymal AVMs congenital lesions?
Neurosurgical focus - 1 Sept 2014
Morales-Valero Saul F, Bortolotti Carlo, Sturiale Carmelo, Sturiale Carmelo L, Lanzino Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
A long-held dogma in neurosurgery is that parenchymal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital. However, there is no strong evidence supporting this theory. An increasing number of documented cases of de novo formation of parenchymal AVMs cast doubt on their congenital nature and suggest that indeed the majority of these lesions may form after birth. Further evidence suggesting the postnatal development...
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