title: Acute flank pain: an unusual presentation of a spinal AVM.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 6-year-old boy with a spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) who presented with acute flank pain and a delayed onset of paraplegia. An early diagnosis of a spinal cord AVM was made difficult by the absence of neurological findings on initial evaluation. Included is a description of his clinical course, and the presentation of spinal AVMs to the emergency physician is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Felner
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium