Cervical epidural arteriovenous fistula with radiculopathy mimicking cervical spondylosis: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 108-113

  Kawabori, Masahito ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Yano, Shunsuke ^a   Asano, Takeshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical arteriovenous fistula; Endovascular embolization; Epidural arteriovenous fistula; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL EPIDURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY;

AGED; ARTERIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DURA MATER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CANAL; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 65949092800     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.108     Document Type: Article

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