title: Dural arteriovenous malformation associated with occlusion of the superior sagittal sinus--case report.
abstract: The authors report a rare case of dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) associated with occlusion of the superior sagittal sinus. A 78-year-old female developed transient aphasia, followed by generalized convulsion. Common carotid angiography showed a dural AVM fed by the bilateral middle meningeal arteries, draining to the superior sagittal sinus, and sinus occlusion. 123I-single photon emission computed tomography demonstrated decreased blood flow in the bifrontal-parasagittal regions. Transcatheter embolization via the feeding arteries improved the cerebral blood flow around the lesion, and the symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Saga Medical School.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mineta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed