title: Usefulness of three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography in endovascular treatment of a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: The use of 3D digital subtraction (DS) angiography provides a better understanding of spinal vascular lesion architecture. The authors report on 2 cases involving a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) and demonstrate the usefulness of 3D DS angiography for endovascular treatment of these spinal DAVFs. In both cases, middle-aged male patients suffered from bilateral leg hypesthesia, gait disturbance, and urinary dysfunction several months before treatment. Spinal angiography revealed DAVFs that were fed by a radicular artery branching from the intercostal artery and draining veins proceeding superiorly along the perimedullary veins. Endovascular embolization was performed in both cases. Selective 3D DS angiography of the intercostal artery clearly demonstrated the tortuous course of the feeder and the relationship among the feeding artery, fistula point, and draining veins in each case. This information was very useful in selecting a working angle for manipulating the microcatheter and for glue injection. In addition, the maximum intensity projection image from rotational DS angiography data clearly showed the fistula point at the dural sleeve and feeder entering the spinal canal via the intervertebral foramen and the relationship with the bone structure. Successful obliteration of the fistulae was achieved in both cases. Selective spinal 3D DS angiography was very useful in understanding the complex spinal vascular architecture and in choosing the best working angle and therapeutic strategy for endovascular treatment of spinal DAVFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. mnoriaki0817@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyachi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Arihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hososhima
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinkori
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000098:blood supply; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology