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This study aimed to determine whether AVM-associated aneurysms predispose pediatric patients to ICH.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMETHODS<\/jats:title>\nA retrospective cohort study of 238 pediatric patients with AVMs who presented to the Children\u2019s Hospital of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 2023 was performed. Hospital records, patient charts, and radiographic imaging studies were reviewed for patient demographic characteristics, presentation status, and AVM architecture.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nRESULTS<\/jats:title>\nOf the 238 total patients, 44 (18.5%) children with AVM had associated aneurysms. There were 19 (38.8%) feeding artery aneurysms, 8 (16.3%) intranidal aneurysms, 21 (42.9%) postnidal aneurysms, and 1 (2.0%) unrelated aneurysm of 49 aneurysms. Five patients had venous varices. One hundred forty (58.8%) children presented with hemorrhage. Twenty-one of 44 (47.7%) patients with an AVM-associated aneurysm presented with hemorrhage, whereas 119 of 194 (61.3%) with a solitary AVM presented with hemorrhage (p = 0.10). On multivariate analysis, postnidal aneurysm (OR 0.36, p = 0.037) and an increased number of draining veins (OR 0.66, p = 0.049) were significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of hemorrhagic presentation. Deep venous drainage was associated with an increase in hemorrhagic presentation (OR 2.25, p = 0.0045) on multivariate analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nCONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\nApproximately one-fifth of children with AVMs in this study had accompanying aneurysms, and in this patient population, those with postnidal aneurysms and increased number of draining veins had a decreased incidence of hemorrhage on presentation. Feeding artery and intranidal aneurysms were not associated with an elevated risk of hemorrhagic presentation.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.8.peds24166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,19]],"date-time":"2024-10-19T02:28:07Z","timestamp":1729304887000},"page":"1-6","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Arteriovenous malformation\u2013associated aneurysms in the pediatric population: the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center experience"],"prefix":"10.3171","author":[{"given":"Rachel C.","family":"Jacobs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akanksha","family":"Chilukuri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hussam","family":"Abou-Al-Shaar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph H.","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Prateek","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael M.","family":"McDowell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alhamza R.","family":"Al-Bayati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephanie","family":"Greene","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg","first-page":"859","article-title":"Unruptured intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations: frequency of intracranial hemorrhage and relationship of lesions","volume":"73","author":"Brown RD Jr","year":"1990","unstructured":"Brown RD Jr, Wiebers DO, Forbes GS. 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