Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain

A 51-year-old woman presents with a generalized tonic–clonic seizure. After a brief postictal period, she recovers and reports no headache or other neurologic symptoms. She takes no medications and her medical history is unremarkable. Computed tomography of the head suggests a right occipital arteriovenous malformation, without evidence of hemorrhage. Imaging studies show a right occipital arteriovenous malformation as well as a feeding-artery aneurysm.

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