title: A case of intracranial arteriovenous fistula in an infant with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reported cases of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with neurofibromatosis type1 (NF1) are rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper we report the first case of intracranial AVF in an NF1 infant who developed heart failure. Endovascular treatment using coils successfully obliterated the AVF. The mechanism underlying the AVF in this case was believed to be a congenital mesenchymal abnormality of the intracranial vessels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mechanism underlying the development of heart failure in this case is also discussed.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Medical College, 2-1-1-1, Midorigaokahigashi, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. blackj1@f4.dion.ne.jp
authors: Takamichi
authors: T
authors: Kubota
authors: Hirofumi
authors: H
authors: Nakai
authors: Tatsuya
authors: T
authors: Tanaka
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Maeda
authors: Katsunobu
authors: K
authors: Takano
authors: Naoya
authors: N
authors: Tsuda
authors: Naoto
authors: N
authors: Izumi
authors: Noboru
authors: N
authors: Ogata
authors: Katsuya
authors: K
authors: Goto
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging