Editing Arteriovenous malformation (section)

=== Notable cases ===
* Actor [[Ricardo Montalbán]] was born with spinal AVM.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x39-hR5rGlc "Ricardo Montalban tribute"] YouTube, acceptance speech video of Easter Seals Lifetime Achievement Award</ref> During the filming of the 1951 film ''[[Across the Wide Missouri (film)|Across the Wide Missouri]]'', Montalbán was thrown from his horse, knocked unconscious, and trampled by another horse which aggravated his AVM and resulted in a painful back injury that never healed. The pain increased as he aged, and in 1993, Montalbán underwent {{frac|9|1|2}} hours of spinal surgery which left him paralyzed below the waist and using a wheelchair.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inside |url=http://www.mahalo.com/Ricardo_Montalban |access-date=17 March 2018 |website=mahalo.com}}</ref>
* Composer and lyricist [[William Finn]] was diagnosed with AVM and underwent gamma knife surgery in September 1992, soon after he won the 1992 [[Tony Award]] for best musical, awarded to "[[Falsettos]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pall |first=Ellen |date=14 June 1998 |title=The Long-Running Musical of William Finn's Life |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/14/magazine/the-long-running-musical-of-william-finn-s-life.html |access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> Finn wrote the 1998 Off-Broadway musical ''[[A New Brain]]'' about the experience.
* [[Phoenix Suns]] NBA basketball point guard [[AJ Price]] nearly died from AVM in 2004 while a student at the [[University of Connecticut]].
* On December 13, 2006, Senator [[Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)|Tim Johnson]] of South Dakota was diagnosed with AVM and treated at [[George Washington University Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Johnson recovering after brain surgery |agency=AP |date=December 14, 2006 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16199440}}</ref>
* Actor/comedian [[T. J. Miller]] was diagnosed with AVM in 2010; Miller had a seizure and was unable to sleep for a period. He successfully underwent surgery that had a mortality rate of 10%.<ref>{{cite podcast |host=[[Pete Holmes|Holmes, Pete]] |title=''You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes'' |website=[[You Made It Weird]] #2: TJ Miller |publisher=Nerdist Industries |date=October 27, 2011 |url=http://www.nerdist.com/2011/10/you-made-it-weird-2-tj-miller/ |time=37:45 |access-date=December 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212035323/http://www.nerdist.com/2011/10/you-made-it-weird-2-tj-miller/ |archive-date=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On August 3, 2011, [[Mike Patterson (American football)|Mike Patterson]] of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] collapsed on the field and had a seizure during a practice, leading to him being diagnosed with AVM.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-08-04 |title=Mike Patterson's Collapse Reportedly Related To Brain AVM |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2011/8/4/2343821/mike-patterson-collapse-eagles-practice |access-date=17 March 2018 |website=sbnation.com}}</ref>
* Former Florida Gators and Oakland Raiders linebacker [[Neiron Ball]] was diagnosed with AVM in 2011 while playing for [[University of florida gators football|Florida]], but recovered and was cleared to play. On September 16, 2018, Ball was placed in a medically induced coma due to complications of the disease, which lasted until his death on September 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 26, 2018 |title=Neiron Ball, former Raiders LB, in medically induced coma after aneurysm |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24796861/neiron-ball-former-oakland-raiders-lb-medically-induced-coma-aneurysm}}</ref>
* Indonesian actress {{illm|Egidia Savitri|id}} died from complications of AVM on November 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Suhendra |first1=Ichsan |title=Pesinetron Egidia Savitri Telah Pergi |language=id |work=KOMPAS.com |agency=Kompas Cyber Media |url=https://entertainment.kompas.com/read/2013/11/29/1920142/Pesinetron.Egidia.Savitri.Telah.Pergi |access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
* Jazz guitarist [[Pat Martino]] experienced an AVM and subsequently developed [[amnesia]] and [[manic depression]]. He eventually re-learned to play the guitar by listening to his own recordings from before the [[aneurysm]].<ref>Vida, Vendela. Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence: The Best of the Believer Music Interviews. No ed. San Francisco, CA: Believer, a Tiny Division of McSweeney's Which Is Also Tiny, 2014. Print.</ref>
* YouTube vlogger [[Nikki Lilly]] (Nikki Christou), winner of the [[Junior Bake Off (series 4)|2016 season]] of ''[[Junior Bake Off]]'' was born with AVM, which has resulted in some facial disfigurement.<ref>{{cite news|title = Junior Bake Off 2016 Winner announced|date = 25 November 2016|access-date = 9 April 2017|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/junior-bake-off-winner|publisher = [[BBC Online]]|website = [[BBC Media Centre]]}}</ref>
* Country music singer [[Drake White]] was diagnosed with AVM in January 2019, and is undergoing treatment.
* Model [[Lucy Markovic]] died in April 2025 at age 27 shortly after undergoing surgery to treat AVM.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Oscar |date=2025-04-11 |title=Lucy Markovic, star of ‘Australia’s Next Top Model,’ dies age 27 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/style/lucy-markovic-australia-model-death-hnk-intl/index.html#openweb-convo |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>