title: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula adjacent to a spinal neurofibroma--a misleading coexistence. Case report.
abstract: The authors report the case of a patient harbouring a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula adjacent to an intradural neurofibroma. Only the latter could be demonstrated by the diagnostic modalities employed. Such a coexistence proved misleading and two interventions were needed to cure both lesions. Only one report has appeared in the literature dealing with such a condition. The possibility of such a coexistence is stressed and mechanisms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Tekkök
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Açikgöz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozgen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery