Progressive Myelopathy Caused by Dural Arteriovenous Fistula at the Craniocervical Junction: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-379

  Yoshida, Shinzo ^a   Oda, Yoshifumi ^a   Kawakami, Yasuto ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

craniocervical junction; dural arteriovenous fistula; myelopathy; single fistula; venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DERMATOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DILATATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033012317     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.376     Document Type: Article

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