Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula showing diffuse MR enhancement of the spinal cord - Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 251-257

  Asakawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Yanaka, Kiyoyuki ^a   Fujita, Keishi ^a   Marushima, Aiki ^a   Anno, Izumi ^a   Nose, Tadao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Craniocervical junction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD; VEINS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0036763349     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00861-3     Document Type: Article

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