Dural arteriovenous fistulas masquerading as dural sinus thrombosis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 514-517

  Simon, Scott ^a   Yao, Tom ^a   Ulm, Arthur J ^b   Rosenbaum, Benjamin P ^a   Mericle, Robert A ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Dural sinus thrombosis; Intracranial retrograde cortical venous filling; Magnetic resonance artifact; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EEG ABNORMALITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VOMITING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 63849173989     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.7.JNS08253     Document Type: Article

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