An unusual congenital arteriovenous fistula of the vertebral artery and its embolization by a detachable balloon catheter.
This report concerns a 4-year-old boy with a pulsating tumor on the left side of the neck. Angiography revealed a congenital arteriovenous fistula of the vertebral artery at C2 level being fed by a left ascending cervical artery. The shunting vessel was cut off by a detachable balloon catheter via the vertebral artery so that the physiological blood supply could be restored.
Brassel
F
F
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital for Neurosurgery, Bonn, West Germany.
Solymosi
L
L
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male