title: Acute spinal cord infarction: vascular steal in arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: Central nervous system arteriovenous malformations typically present with chronic neurologic impairment. An 8-year-old boy presented with acute spinal cord infarction associated with a spinal arteriovenous malformation. Vascular steal phenomenon suggested by spinal angiography happens to underly the pathogenic mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792-5132, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sheth
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology