Paraspinal arteriovenous fistula with perimedullary venous drainage.
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.
Cognard
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C
Service de Neuroradiologie Charcot, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Semaan
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H
Bakchine
S
S
Miaux
Y
Y
Thibault
S
S
Sola Martinez
M T
MT
Chiras
J
J
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