Congenital Arteriovenous Malformation of the Scalp Involving the Orbit

Abstract

Background Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the scalp are rare and infrequently encountered by the neurosurgeon.

Case Description We report a unique case of a 42-year-old patient who presented with a progressive worsening of visual acuity in the right eye (lower quadrantanopia) and palpebral ptosis. Physical examination revealed a right exophthalmos and a right frontoparietal scalp soft swelling when the patient was in the supine position. Neurologic work-up showed a scalp AVM extending into the orbit and connected to an intraorbital cavernous angioma. The patient was treated with a frontotemporal craniotomy and decompression of the orbit.

Conclusions In the rare case of intraorbital extension of a scalp AVM, neurologic symptoms may appear when the size of the vascular malformation increases with age. The aims of surgery should be decompression of the orbit and aesthetic preservation, rather than complete excision. A review of the literature is also provided.

Keywords

arteriovenous malformation - cavernous angioma - cirsoid aneurysm - intraorbital - scalp

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