Arteriovenous malformation cerebellar in a pediatric patient. Autopsy presentation

Malformación arteriovenosa cerebelosa en paciente pediátrico. Presentación de autopsia

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Juan Carlos Bonilla
Rafael Leonardo Baracaldo
Paula Cristina Escobar

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The current article present a 6-year-old male patient, who consults for sudden onset headache after coughing with behavioral symptoms associated with normal physical exam at admission and no important clinical record, subsequent death without identifiable cause. The parents report a previous two-day symptoms of odynophagia and occasional dry cough. Below are the findings of autopsy both macroscopically and microscopically and a brief theoretical discussion.

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