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The clear need for a prospective pediatric arteriovenous malformation trial
  1. David C Lauzier1,
  2. Ananth Vellimana2,
  3. Akash P Kansagra2
  1. 1 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  2. 2 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, and Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
  1. Correspondence to David C Lauzier, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, USA; dlauzier{at}wustl.edu

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We read with interest the recent excellent work by Hak and colleagues on the recurrence of pediatric brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM) following successful treatment.1 Their study describes an eye-opening 15% recurrence rate in a retrospectively analyzed cohort of 70 children with AVMs and an 11% recurrence rate in an accompanying meta-analysis. These results are in agreement with the findings of two other studies from the past 18 months that each report a 10.4% recurrence rate, one in a cohort of 67 children2 and another in a cohort of 115 children.3 All three papers established younger age as a risk factor for recurrence. Other factors that may portend a higher risk of recurrence include hemorrhagic presentation and treatment modality.2 3

These authors, and others, have concluded that long-term imaging protocols are necessary for children even after angiographically confirmed AVM cure, and that the …

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  • Contributors All authors have met ICMJE criteria for authorship, and all authors have read and approved the submitted manuscript. Study conception: DCL and APK. APK. Manuscript writing: DCL, AV, and APK. Critical revision: AV, APK. Final approval: DCL, AV, APK.

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  • Competing interests APK is a consultant for Penumbra and Microvention.

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