Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula associated with progressive cervical myelopathy and normal venous drainage of the thoracolumbar cord: case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 506-510

  Renner, Christof ^a   Helm, Jochen ^a   Roth, Henrik ^a   Meixensberger, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artery of Adamkiewicz; Cerebral dural arteriovenous fistula; Perimedullary venous drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY OF ADAMKIEWICZ; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIMEDULLARY VENOUS SYSTEM; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CEREBRAL VEINS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33646023351     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.06.022     Document Type: Article

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