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Case report
Onyx embolization of anterior condylar confluence dural arteriovenous fistula
  1. Koichiro Takemoto,
  2. Satoshi Tateshima,
  3. Sachin Rastogi,
  4. Nestor Gonzalez,
  5. Reza Jahan,
  6. Gary Duckwiler,
  7. Fernando Vinuela
  1. Division of interventional neuroradiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Satoshi Tateshima, stateshi{at}ucla.edu

Abstract

The anterior condylar confluence (ACC) is a small complex venous structure located medial to the jugular vein and adjacent to the hypoglossal canal. To our knowledge, this is the first report of transvenous Onyx embolization for ACC dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF). Three patients with ACC DAVF were treated using the Onyx liquid embolic agent with or without detachable coils. Complete angiographic obliteration of the fistulas was achieved in all cases without permanent lower cranial neuropathy. This report suggests that the controlled penetration of Onyx is advantageous in order to obliterate ACC DAVFs with a small amount of embolic material.

  • Liquid Embolic Material
  • Fistula
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