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Objective To study the angiographic characteristics of congenital intracranial dural and cerebral arteriovenous malformations, and their relationship to the structural characteristics and clinical feature. Methods The clinical histories, cerebral angiograms, and endovascular treatment of 52 cases of the dural and cerebral arteriovenous malformations were analyzed. Results All 52 patients were treated successfully with interventional therapy with introduction of intravascular emboli through microcatheters. In 2 patients, surgical excision was performed after embolism. In another 4 patients, X-ray knife treatment was carried out. Seventeen patients resumed their work, comprising 44.7% of all patients, and in 16 patients symptoms of epilepsy or head ache were markely improved, comprising 42.1% of the group. Conclusion It is important to study structural characteristics with angiograms for successful treatment of congenital artero-venous anomalies of the brain. [HS(1*2/3]
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Transcatheter bilateral internal lilac arterial embolization therapy (TAE) using CDDP-mierosphere was performed in 19 patients with advanced or recurrent pelvic malignant tumors. The complete response (CR) of turner to the therapy in one patient, partial response (PR) in 12, miner response (MR) in 5, and no changes (NC) in 1, thus the response rate (CR+PR) reached 68% (13/19). The colporrhagia, pain of vulva and lump of buttock were evidently remitted. In the present survived 13 cases, with 1-year for 4 and half-year for 6. The important complications after embolization including mild lower limb paresthesia and hypodynamia in 10 cases, severe lower limb dyscinesia and sensory disturbance in one, pain of buttock in 16, erythema of buttock in two, pain of hip in one and hematochezia in one. The complications have been crucially discussed.