Metabolic Changes of Brain Developmental Venous Anomalies on

To determine the metabolic effects of developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) and to correlate those effects with conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.We conducted a retrospective review of MRI and brain 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (Fifty-four subjects with 57 DVAs were included in the analysis. 38% were associated with qualitative and quantitative metabolic abnormalities onAltered metabolism is seen in the drainage territory of a significant proportion of DVAs, suggesting that these anomalies are vascular lesions with abnormal physiologic features.