Unusual type of spinal arteriovenous malformation

M J Aminoff; P H Gutin; D Norman

doi:10.1227/00006123-198803000-00026

Unusual type of spinal arteriovenous malformation

Neurosurgery. 1988 Mar;22(3):589-91. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198803000-00026.

Authors

M J Aminoff¹, P H Gutin, D Norman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 3362328
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-198803000-00026

Abstract

We describe an uncommon type of spinal arteriovenous malformation that is intradural rather than dural and that consists of a true fistula rather than a nidus of abnormal vessels between the anterior spinal artery and a draining vein. Its clinical significance and treatment are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiography
Arteriovenous Malformations / classification*
Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology
Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery
Female
Humans
Leg
Movement
Myelography
Sensation
Spinal Cord / blood supply*
Spinal Cord / surgery