Dural arteriovenous fistulas of the craniocervical junction.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1999
Abstract
Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) involving the craniocervical junction are uncommon lesions that may result in neurological deficits referable to posterior fossa structures and/or the spinal cord. We report on two patients with craniocervical junction DAVF whose venous drainage involved the cervical spinal cord. Both cases presented with progressive quadriparesis and parenchymal magnetic resonance signal abnormality of the cervical spinal cord. Both patients improved following embolization of the fistulas. AVF of the craniocervical junction are an uncommon, but important cause of treatable neurological deficits referable to this region of the nervous system.
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
7
ISSN
1052-1453
Published In/Presented At
Hurst, R. W., Bagley, L. J., Scanlon, M., & Flamm, E. S. (1999). Dural arteriovenous fistulas of the craniocervical junction. Skull base surgery, 9(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1058166
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
17171075
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article