title: The diagnosis of dural spinal vascular malformations.
abstract: Dural spinal arteriovenous malformations are increasingly recognized as a rare but treatable cause of progressive paraplegia, but the clinical picture, especially in early cases, is not easy to recognize and operation may therefore be delayed until considerable loss of function has occurred. We present a series of seven cases which illustrate the characteristics and diagnostic difficulties of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal London Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Coats
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*