title: Paraspinal arteriovenous fistula with perimedullary venous drainage.
abstract: A paravertebral presacral posttraumatic arteriovenous fistula drained through the ascending lumbar vein to the epidural plexuses and perimedullary veins. The patient did not have symptoms of myelopathy, only low-back pain and radicular hypoesthesia. The lesion was embolized with a large balloon and clinical symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie Charcot, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cognard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Semaan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakchine
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miaux
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sola Martinez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chiras
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D014680:Veins / Q000293:injuries