Steal Phenomenon with Tonsillar Arteriovenous Malformation

Steal Phenomenon with Tonsillar Arteriovenous Malformation

Cranial vascular malformations can cause symptoms of headache, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other cerebrovascular disorders due to steal phenomenon. Subclavian steal phenomenon is a localized change in cerebral perfusion from a cranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM). We present the only r...

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Main Authors: Manish Amin, Krishan Chaddha, Phillip Aguìñiga-Navarrete, Sudha Challa, Madison B. Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-08-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/71q2p69q
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Summary:Cranial vascular malformations can cause symptoms of headache, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other cerebrovascular disorders due to steal phenomenon. Subclavian steal phenomenon is a localized change in cerebral perfusion from a cranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM). We present the only recorded case of a tonsillar AVM causing a transient ischemic attack due to steal phenomenon.
ISSN:2474-252X

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