Abstract:Objective To investigate the factors for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) volume after rupture of brain arteriovenous malformation (BAVM), and to provide a reference for developing therapeutic strategies.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of patients with ruptured BAVM who visited Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, from January 2014 to June 2016. The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was used to evaluate prognosis after ICH, and a linear regression analysis was used to screen out the factors associated with ICH volume.Results A total of 106 patients were enrolled, among whom 26 had lesions in the posterior cranial fossa and 57 had lesions in the periventricular region. The mean volumes of hemorrhage due to BAVM in the posterior cranial fossa and other regions were 8.81±5.12 ml and 15.00±10.00 ml, respectively, and the mean volumes of hemorrhage due to BAVM in the periventricular region and the non-periventricular region were 15.28±8.78 ml and 10.00±14.00 ml, respectively. The multivariate linear regression analysis showed that lesion in the posterior cranial fossa (P=0.002) and lesion in the periventricular region (P=0.04) were associated with ICH volume, and the chi-square test showed that patients with ICH due to lesions in the posterior cranial fossa and the periventricular region had poorer prognosis (P=0.041 and 0.042, respectively).Conclusions Ruptured BAVM in the periventricular region causes a higher ICH volume than that in the posterior cranial fossa, and patients with ICH due to ruptured BAVM in these two regions tend to have poor prognosis, which can be used to guide the treatment of patients with unruptured BAVM.