Table 1.
Age (year); sex | Clinical CT indication | DVA location and description | Figures | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Case 1 | 50; female | Right facial numbness | Juxtacortical left frontal lobe DVA with a superficial collecting vein | Fig. 5Fig. 1 |
Control 1 | 49; female | Prior increased T2 signal in pons on MRI | No abnormalities | Fig. 1 |
Case 2 | 63; male | Carotid bruit preoperative assessment | Juxtacortical left frontal lobe DVA with a superficial collecting vein | Fig. 3 |
Control 2 | 62; male | Headaches | Mild cerebral atrophy consistent with age | |
Case 3 | 64; male | Prior abnormal CT scan | Subcortical right cerebellar hemisphere DVA with 4 dilated intramedullary veins that converge into a superficial draining vein near lateral right transverse venous sinus | Fig. 4 |
Control 3 | 66; male | Rule out vertebral artery stenosis | Mild cerebral atrophy consistent with age. Vertebral artery calcification not causing stenosis | |
Case 4 | 28; male | Evaluation of a possible AVM identified on MRI | Subcortical left parietal region DVA and deep collecting vein | |
Control 4 | 21; male | History of carbon monoxide exposure | No abnormalities | |
Case 5 | 29; female | History of carbon monoxide exposure | Left juxtacortical frontal lobe DVA with a superficial collecting vein | |
Control 5 | 29; female | History of carbon monoxide exposure | No abnormalities |
Controls were analyzed to provide baseline values and comparison of case hemispheric CTP values