Arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord and cauda equina fed by branches of the internal iliac artery and associated with vertebral hemangiomas.
A rare case of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the spinal cord is presented. The patient was a 35-year-old man who experienced progressive paraparesis and rectovesical disturbances. In this patient a spinal AVM was fed by branches of the left internal iliac artery and was associated with a sacral hemangioma. An additional hemangioma of the third lumbar vertebral body was also found. On reviewing the literature, only 4 cases, including ours, of spinal AVM with feeding vessels originating from the internal iliac artery were found. One of these patients had an associated vertebral hemangioma.
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed