Intercostal arteriovenous fistula associated with neurofibromatosis manifesting as congestive myelopathy: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Saito, Atsushi ^a,c   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Ezura, Masayuki ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Congestive myelopathy; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34548862879     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290918.47847.9E     Document Type: Article

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