T2-weighted axial MRI. Note the dark flow voids in the right occipital lobe near the cortex. These are dilated vessels of the AVM. The bright signal in the occipital cortex is the subacute intracerebral hemorrhage. AVMs typically present with headaches, seizures or intracranial hemorrhage.
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