title: [Medullary arteriovenous malformations in children].
abstract: Spinal arteriovenous malformations are rare lesions in children but may produce serious functional disorders and residual handicaps.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 10-year-old patient who had weakness in his left leg with intermittent urinary incontinence. Neurological examination showed a spastic paraparesis of both legs, more obvious in the left leg. MRI led to the diagnosis of a spinal vascular malformation, which was confirmed by angiography. The patient underwent a session of embolization, which resulted in a significant clinical improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The importance of MRI in such a case is emphasized as is therapeutic management with embolization.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thabet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mrad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abroug
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harbi
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D020336:Paraparesis, Spastic / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology