title: Ruptured spinal arteriovenous malformation causing cauda equina syndrome: case report.
abstract: We describe the case of an acute cauda equina syndrome secondary to a confined subarachnoid bleed from a spinal arteriovenous malformation. The patient was elderly and made a complete neurological recovery following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Timothy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lafuente
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*