Tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting with various visual symptoms related to anterior and posterior visual pathway dysfunction: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 222-227

  Benndorf, Goetz ^a   Schmidt, Stefanie ^a   Sollmann, Wolf Peter ^b   Kroppenstedt, Stefan Nikolaus ^a   Fiorella, David ^c   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^c   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^c   Sadun, Alfredo A ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b General Hospital   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Exophthalmus; Optic paleness; Tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula; Transarterial embolization; Vein of Galen; Visual field deficit

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENBUCRILATE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; NADROPARIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0038725081     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000068873.63576.5E     Document Type: Article

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