[Paraplegia and medullary arteriovenous malformation. Role of surgery, corticosteroids and embolization].
METHODS
We report the case of a nine-year-old child with a cervical medullary arteriovenous malformation (AVM), revealed by total paraplegia, whose regression started during steroid therapy, before embolization.


CONCLUSIONS
The frequency of AVM's spontaneous favorable outcome is unknown but should not be underestimated. It might be improved by steroids.
Vodoff
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Service de pédiatrie 1, CHU Dupuytren, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87042 Limoges, France.
Gilbert
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B
Le Breton
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Rodesch
G
G
Laroche
C
C
Lagarrigue
J F
JF
de Lumley
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L
Lasjaunias
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P
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones