Magnetic resonance imaging findings in an unusual case of atlanto axial dislocation and vertebral artery-vein fistulas in a patient of neurofibromatosis-1.
Vertebral arteriovenous fistulas are uncommon in neurofibromatosis. We describe MRI findings of a patient with an unusual association of bilateral vertebral arteriovenous fistulas with an atlantoaxial dislocation in the setting of neurofibromatosis.
University of Toronto, Canada. sharraddoc@hotmail.com
Sharad
S
Maheshwari
Hrishikesh A
HA
Kale
Shrinivas B
SB
Desai
Anirudh
A
Kohli
D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014711:Vertebral Artery