Vascular anomalies: A pictorial review of nomenclature, diagnosis and treatment

Figure 11 High flow arteriovenous malformation of second digit. This patient scheduled for amputation due to intractable pain under went alcohol embolization as a last resort prior to surgery. Digital arteriography with a microcatheter in the lateral digital artery with the tip at the level of the middle phalanx demonstrating filling of the nidus of the malformation (A, B, C). Following embolizaton, there is stasis of flow in the malformation (D). The medial digital artery remained patent with preservation of arterial flow to the digit.