Pediatric Neurosurgery · 1980 · 78 citations · 0 references
28 cases of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) in children were analyzed and compared with 18 adolescent and 106 adult cases. The findings were: (1) intracerebral hematoma due to rupture of AVMs and focal neurologic deficits were more frequent in children, (2) Operative mortality was higher in children than in adults in cases where total removal was not feasible. (3) Follow-up results suggested that the prognosis in children was less favorable than in adults. (4) When dealing with spontaneous intracerebral hematoma in children care should be taken to search for underlying cryptic AVMs.