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. 1995 Apr;36(4):656-60; discussion 660.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-199504000-00003.

Arteriovenous malformations of the scalp

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Arteriovenous malformations of the scalp

N D Fisher-Jeffes et al. Neurosurgery. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

We report twenty-four patients with cirsoid aneurysms of the scalp. For nine patients (38%), the lesions were related to trauma. Each of the patients presented with a pulsatile scalp swelling with a bruit. No focal neurological deficits were noted in any of the patients. Scalp malformations in all patients were confirmed by selective internal and external carotid angiography, with no intracerebral component revealed in any of the patients. Twenty-one patients had the lesions surgically excised, with good results. The remaining three refused surgical intervention. Meticulous surgical technique, which includes removal of the pericranial component of the malformation, was paramount.

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