[A case of large arteriovenous malformation in the frontal lobe complicating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder]

No To Hattatsu. 2014 Sep;46(5):359-62.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a 4-year old boy with a large arteriovenous malformation (AVM) exhibiting attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). He presented with hyperkinesis at the age of 3 years and jacksonian seizure at 3 years 11 months, when he was diagnosed as AVM by cranial computed tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an AVM of 6 cm in diameter in the left frontal lobe. After 1 year, the AVM developed a varix, and both were surgically removed. We speculate that the prefrontal area was affected by direct compression from AVM and chronic ischemia due to steal phenomenon. Although AD/HD is rarely caused by parenchymal lesions, such as AVM, physicians should carefully investigate causative lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / pathology
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / etiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed