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SUMMARY:We describe a rare case of a de novo cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in a 9-year-old girl. MR imaging at 6 years of age demonstrated band heterotopia. Follow-up MR imaging 3 years later demonstrated a new 3.5-cm AVM in the left parietol-occipital region, confirmed by conventional angiography. This report, along with limited previous reports, suggests that AVMs can be acquired lesions and that AVM development is a dynamic process extending into the postnatal period.

Physician oversight leads to poor IVC filter retrieval rates. Retrievals can be challenging or fail when the dwell time is >50 days and >90 days, respectively, and when the filter hook apposes the caval wall. Filter tilt increases retrieval difficulty but not failure rates.

A method was developed to standardize the induction of seizure activity during enflurane anaesthesia in cats. The effects of nitrous oxide on the epileptogenic property of enflurane were investigated. A potent anticonvulsant action of nitrous oxide was noted, but partial tolerance to this effect rapidly developed. Some evidence of withdrawal hyperexcitability was also detected. The changes induced by nitrous oxide, despite existing enflurane anaesthesia, suggest that these two anaesthetic agents have different sites or mechanisms of actions.

The nature of the epileptoid state produced by enflurane was examined in the concentration range 2-5% in cats. A biphasic pattern in the convulsant property was revealed. The ease of induction of seizure by repetitive peripheral stimulation, the duration of seizures, and the activation of reticular neuronal firing during seizure activity showed peak values between 3 and 4%, whereas the values were significantly lower both above and below this range. The amplitudes of the somato-sensory evoked potential also showed a biphasic pattern which correlated well with the severity of the epileptoid state as judged by the aforementioned indices. These findings, when compared with evidence on the actions of other convulsant drugs, and with the known depressant actions of enflurane, suggest a combination of depressant and convulsant properties, the balance of which varies depending on the depth of anaesthesia.