Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula in a case with lipomyelodysplasia.
Coexistence of a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula within a dysraphic spinal lesion is a very rare situation. We report a 40-year-old man who presented with low back pain and progressive paraparesis. MR images showed an intradural high signal intensity mass at the L2-L3 level containing irregular signal void structures. Spinal angiography revealed extradural arteriovenous fistula with three connections, drained by a tortuous perimedullary vein.
Erdogan
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Department of Radiology, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey.
Hakyemez
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Arat
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Kocaeli
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Bekar
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Parlak
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D000328:Adult; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome