Transcranial Colour Doppler Ultrasound of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations in Patients with Persistent Migraine

Abstract

The use of transcranial color Doppler ultrasound (TCCD) in the evaluation of children with arterio-venous intracranial malformations (AVM) has been previously described, but only recently has the use of TCCD been extended to adults. Our Department, with the contribution of the University centre for migraine treatment, has used TCCD experimentally used in 100 patients with persistent migraine resistant to therapy, for the evaluation of TCCD sensitivity in detecting flow hemodynamic abnormalities. Correlating with the normal flow measurement findings of the cerebral vessels 2/100 (2%) patients, who underwent TCCD examination, showed direct and indirect signs suggesting cerebral vessels anomalies, that were correlated with AVM.