Brain parenchymal signal abnormalities associated with developmental venous anomalies in children and young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Abnormal signal in the drainage territory of developmental venous anomalies has been well described in adults but has been incompletely investigated in children. This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence of brain parenchymal abnormalities subjacent to developmental venous anomalies in children and young adults, correlating with subject age and developmental venous anomaly morphology and location.

Materials and methods

Two hundred eighty-five patients with developmental venous anomalies identified on brain MR imaging with contrast, performed from November 2008 through November 2012, composed the study group. Data were collected for the following explanatory variables: subject demographics, developmental venous anomaly location, morphology, and

SUBMITTER: Linscott LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7964448 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature