Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula associated with a spinal perimedullary fistula: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-245

  Krings, Timo ^a   Coenen, Volker A ^a   Weinzierl, Martin ^a   Reinges, Marcus H T ^a   Mull, Michael ^a   Thron, Armin ^a   Rohde, Veit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Perimedullary fistula; Spinal cord; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; COMORBIDITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33645738988     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.3.241     Document Type: Article

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