Dural arteriovenous fistula of the lumbar spine presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 385-391

  Koch, Christoph ^a   Gottschalk, Stefan ^a   Giese, Alf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Embolization; Endovascular treatment; Myelopathy; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1642369789     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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