Acute cervical radiculopathy due to vertebral A-V fistula.
We report the case of a 28 year old woman with acute, mainly motor, radiculopathy at C5-C6 on the right side secondary to a congenital vertebral arteriovenous fistula. The finding of a bruit at the side of the neck lent weight to the CT and MRI findings. Angiography was diagnostic. The fistula was embolized successfully.
Morello
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Servizio Autonomo di Neurologia, Ospedale Civile di Arzignano.
Moro
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G
Tibaldo
M
M
Siringo
G
G
Faggin
W
W
Franciosi
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging