Author(s)

Seidu A. Richard^1,2,3, Saurav S. Shrestha⁴, Changwei Zhang^1,4, Wei Fu¹, Ting Wang^1,4, Wu Cong^1,4, Xiaodong Xie^1,4*

¹Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
²Department of Immunology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
³Department of Surgery, Volta Regional Hospital, Ghana, West Africa.
⁴Department of Neuroradiology Intervention, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Introduction: Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs) arising deep in the basal ganglia and thalamus encompass a very small fraction of total cerebral AVMs and are rarely encountered in neurosurgery. The rate of rupture of these AVMs is very uncommon making our case more thought-provoking. Case presentation: We present a case of 8-year-old boy with 3 days’ history of an intermittent headache with nausea and vomiting. Computer tomographic angiography (CTA) confirmed right basal ganglia and dorsal thalamic hematoma with numerous tortuous blood vessels around the hematoma. Conclusion: We successfully treated this child with ruptured deep seated cerebral AVMs using Onyx embolization with no further neurological deficits.

AVM, Onyx Embolization, Basal Ganglia, Thalamus, Hematoma

Richard, S. , Shrestha, S. , Zhang, C. , Fu, W. , Wang, T. , Cong, W. and Xie, X. (2017) Successful Treatment of a Child with Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Using Onyx Embolization: A Case Report. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 7, 153-163. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2017.74016.