A Case Report on Arterio-venous Malformation in the left side of the Neck - A Diagnostic Dilemma for Surgeons

Nivetha Munnuswamy¹, V Ramalakshmi²*, F Jerin Evangelin³, R Hubert Cyril Lourdes⁴ and Gandhi Kannappan G^5
1Surgery Resident, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
²Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
³Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Hospital, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Surgery Resident, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
⁵Surgery Resident, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author: Ramalakshmi V, Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published: June 20, 2023

DOI: 10.55162/MCMS.05.139

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Abstract  

Keywords: AV malformation; Arterio-Venous malformation; Neck swelling

Abbreviations

     AVM- Arterio-Venous Malformation, CCA - Common Carotid Artery, IJV - Internal Jugular Vein, CM - Centimetre, OPD - Out-patient department.

Introduction

     AVM is a congenital vascular malformation with direct communication from arteries to veins (Arterio-venous shunting) and lack of a normal capillary network; the area with abnormal vasculature and shunting is called the nidus [1]. The behaviour of peripheral (extracranial) AVM is locally aggressive [2].