Head and Neck Imaging

The Clinical Diagnosis Value of CT and MRI in Arterio Venous Malformation

Author:ZHAO Zhi-ping, LIU Jin-jun

affiliation:Department of Image, Wuwei Tumor Hospital, Wuwei 733000, Gansu Province, China

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Abstract

Objective To investigate the clinical diagnosis value of CT and MRI in arterio venous alformation (AVM) of brain. Methods Retrospectively analyze the clinical and CT &MRI data of 32 patients with AVM in our hospital from February 2014 to February 2016. Results Through the diagnose of CT and MRI, there are 3 patients in Spetzler&Martin class I, 9 patients in class II, 19 patients in class III and 2 patients in class IV. 26 cases of AVM occur in supratentorial craniocerebral, 6 cases exist in infratentorial, the size of tumor nests range from 1.1cm to 9.3cm, average (3.6±0.9)cm, 6 cases are large (>5cm), 18 cases are medium-sized (2.5cm-5.0cm) and 8 cases are small(<2.5cm). Conclusion CT and MRI can clearly show the direct signs and indirect signs of AVM with a high diagnostic rate, which has great clinical application value.

【Keyword】CT; MRI; Arterio Venous Malformation; Diagnosis; Clinical Value

【Chart number】R651.1

【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】10.3969/j.issn.1672- 5131.2017.10.010