LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Rare, Intradural, Double Draining Veins in a Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula

Photo from wikipedia

A 59-year-old man presented with a 9-month history of progressive weakness and numbness in his lower extremities (grade 4/5). Spinal MRI demonstrated extensive edema in the spinal cord and prominent… Click to show full abstract

A 59-year-old man presented with a 9-month history of progressive weakness and numbness in his lower extremities (grade 4/5). Spinal MRI demonstrated extensive edema in the spinal cord and prominent intramedullary enhancement. Selective angiography revealed a right L1 spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) with intradural double draining veins (figure 1). The fistula was treated with surgery successfully. The patient's symptoms gradually improved after surgery. Postoperative MRI showed significant resolution of the edema and enhancement (figure 2). SDAVF with intradural double draining veins is extremely rare.1,2 This case clearly showed a rare draining pattern of intradural double draining veins in SDAVF.

Keywords: fistula; spinal dural; draining veins; intradural double; double draining

Journal Title: Neurology
Year Published: 2021

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.