Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: the pathology of venous hypertensive myelopathy.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1995
Abstract
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) are the most common type of spinal vascular malformation. The arteriovenous shunts, located entirely outside the spinal cord, cause a clinical picture of chronic progressive myelopathy believed to arise from the effects of increased venous pressure and impaired venous drainage on the spinal cord. Despite their well-described clinical and angiographic features, no reports have documented the spinal cord pathology in a case of angiographically or pathologically proven SDAVF. We report such a patient in whom a spinal cord biopsy supported increased venous pressure as a mechanism of neurologic dysfunction.
Volume
45
Issue
7
First Page
1309
Last Page
1313
ISSN
0028-3878
Published In/Presented At
Hurst, R. W., Kenyon, L. C., Lavi, E., Raps, E. C., & Marcotte, P. (1995). Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: the pathology of venous hypertensive myelopathy. Neurology, 45(7), 1309–1313. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.45.7.1309
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
7617189
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article