Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula with Venous Reflux to the Brainstem and Spinal Cord Mimicking Brainstem Infarction: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-28

  Li, Jun ^a,c   Ezura, Masayuki ^b   Takahashi, Akira ^b   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a Dept of Neuroendovascular Therapy   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c QINGDAO MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Embolization; Vascular myelopathy; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DURA MATER; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD EDEMA; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 1042278788     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.24     Document Type: Article

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