Cerebral Revascularization for the Management of Symptomatic Pure Arterial Malformations.

ABSTRACT: Background: Pure arterial malformations (PAMs) are extremely rare abnormalities defined as dilated, overlapping, and tortuous arteries with a coil-like appearance in the absence of venous components. Over the last half century, only seven published reports have described cases of patients with PAMs who received treatment. Methods: Here, we report two cases of women with PAMs who received surgical treatment, and we present a systematic review of the literature. We searched the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Medline databases (up until October 1, 2021) for relevant publications. We performed independent-sample t-tests and Fisher's exact tests to compare continuous and categorical characteristics among the available cases. Results: Our first patient was a 43-y

SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8716448 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature