Variant Arteriovenous Fistula of the Superior Sagittal Sinus: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 362-366

  Bavinzski, Gerhard ^a   Schoeggl, Andreas ^a   Gruber, Andreas ^a   Killer, Monika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cranial dural arteriovenous fistula; embolization; intracerebral hemorrhage; superior sagittal sinus; surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIOTOMY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032974736     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.362     Document Type: Article

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