Tingling in left foot

Comes and goes. Like pins and needles mostly in foot. Sometimes up to left knee it’s been since March April when I had several avm onyx treatments. 6 months and still have this numbness Does anyone have this problem

Hi

Whereabouts is your AVM? Is it in your brain or in your spine? I’ve heard of spinal AVMs leaving some sensory effects way down in the foot but brain AVMs I think would tend to give more local effects.

Wishing you the best,

Richard

Richard, Many thanks for your thoughts.
BRAIN AVMs
The left foot tingling has been going on since the beginning.
These are the test they did. Starting March 8th 2018

Below is the last one. July 23, 2018

Your thoughts

Thanks

RDR

MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRAST - Details

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About This Test

Study Result

Narrative

MRI BRAIN WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST

INDICATION: ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION. STATUS POST MULTISTAGE
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION.

COMPARISON: CT HEAD 4/10/2018. MRI BRAIN 3/9/2018. CT ANGIOGRAM
3/8/2018.

TECHNIQUE: MULTIPLANAR, MULTI-SEQUENCE MR IMAGING OF THE ENTIRE BRAIN
WAS PERFORMED BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF
GADOLINIUM-BASED CONTRAST.

FINDINGS:

THE PLEXIFORM ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION SITUATED AT THE RIGHT
ORBITOFRONTAL REGION DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OVERALL
NIDUS VOLUME COMPARED TO THE 3/9/18 MRI, WITH ONLY FAINT RESIDUAL
ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE NIDUS, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS DIFFUSE
HETEROGENEOUS ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE NIDUS. THERE HAS BEEN INTERVAL
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL DRAINAGE OF THE AVM
AND RESOLUTION OF ITS ASSOCIATED PREVIOUSLY NOTED ANEURYSM. CONGESTED
VENOUS DRAINAGE FROM THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL CORTICAL VEIN INTO THE
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN
CALIBER.

NO EVIDENCE OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA. REDEMONSTRATED RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL
REGION CYSTIC ENCEPHALOMALACIA AND POSTOPERATIVE CHANGES RELATED TO
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AVM.

NO SIGNIFICANT WHITE MATTER DISEASE. NO MASS EFFECT, HEMORRHAGE OR
HYDROCEPHALUS. NO ABNORMAL ENHANCEMENT TO SUGGEST NEOPLASM OR
ABSCESS. PARANASAL SINUSES ARE CLEAR. THE ORBITS ARE GROSSLY
UNREMARKABLE. NO FOCAL MARROW REPLACING LESION SEEN…

CONCLUSION: INTERVAL TREATMENT OF THE RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL REGION
AVM SINCE THE PRIOR MRI DATED 3/9/18. THERE HAS BEEN COMPLETE
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL WITH RESOLUTION OF ITS
ASSOCIATED ANEURYSM. DECREASED CALIBER OF THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL
CORTICAL VEIN.

ALL PROVIDED IMAGES WERE REVIEWED.

THIS IS A FINAL REPORT

Read By: SHAHZEB NIAZI
Reading Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Releasing Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Released Date Time: 07/23/2018 14:54

BRAIN.

Your thoughts

Thanks

RDR

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MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRAST - Details

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About This Test

Study Result

Narrative

MRI BRAIN WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST

INDICATION: ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION. STATUS POST MULTISTAGE
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION.

COMPARISON: CT HEAD 4/10/2018. MRI BRAIN 3/9/2018. CT ANGIOGRAM
3/8/2018.

TECHNIQUE: MULTIPLANAR, MULTI-SEQUENCE MR IMAGING OF THE ENTIRE BRAIN
WAS PERFORMED BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF
GADOLINIUM-BASED CONTRAST.

FINDINGS:

THE PLEXIFORM ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION SITUATED AT THE RIGHT
ORBITOFRONTAL REGION DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OVERALL
NIDUS VOLUME COMPARED TO THE 3/9/18 MRI, WITH ONLY FAINT RESIDUAL
ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE NIDUS, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS DIFFUSE
HETEROGENEOUS ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE NIDUS. THERE HAS BEEN INTERVAL
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL DRAINAGE OF THE AVM
AND RESOLUTION OF ITS ASSOCIATED PREVIOUSLY NOTED ANEURYSM. CONGESTED
VENOUS DRAINAGE FROM THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL CORTICAL VEIN INTO THE
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN
CALIBER.

NO EVIDENCE OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA. REDEMONSTRATED RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL
REGION CYSTIC ENCEPHALOMALACIA AND POSTOPERATIVE CHANGES RELATED TO
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AVM.

NO SIGNIFICANT WHITE MATTER DISEASE. NO MASS EFFECT, HEMORRHAGE OR
HYDROCEPHALUS. NO ABNORMAL ENHANCEMENT TO SUGGEST NEOPLASM OR
ABSCESS. PARANASAL SINUSES ARE CLEAR. THE ORBITS ARE GROSSLY
UNREMARKABLE. NO FOCAL MARROW REPLACING LESION SEEN…

CONCLUSION: INTERVAL TREATMENT OF THE RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL REGION
AVM SINCE THE PRIOR MRI DATED 3/9/18. THERE HAS BEEN COMPLETE
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL WITH RESOLUTION OF ITS
ASSOCIATED ANEURYSM. DECREASED CALIBER OF THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL
CORTICAL VEIN.

ALL PROVIDED IMAGES WERE REVIEWED.

THIS IS A FINAL REPORT

Read By: SHAHZEB NIAZI
Reading Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Releasing Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Released Date Time: 07/23/2018 14:54

Ok. There’s a lot to read in there but clearly brain AVM rather than anything spinal as far as I read it. Feels like a “throw away” comment but you’re definitely unique!

Let me have a read and see if there are any other thoughts / ideas come to me but I don’t know any more about this stuff than you do!

Wishing you the best!

Richard

Still having the tingling in left foot all the time. Like its been asleep. Any clue why.
thanks
Renee