title: Combined transarterial and percutaneous coiling of a spontaneous vertebrovertebral fistula associated with neurofibromatosis Type 1. Case report.
abstract: The authors report a rare case of spontaneous left vertebrovertebral fistula associated with neurofibromatosis Type 1 in a young woman. The patient had undergone previous failed surgical attempts to close the fistula and presented to the authors with recurrence of the fistula and neurological deterioration. Successful obliteration of the fistula with combined transarterial and percutaneous coiling with Guglielmi detachable coils resulted in disappearance of the fistula and significant neurological improvement.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Imaging Sciences & Interventional Radiology Sree, Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: Satya Narayna
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Patro
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Hanumanthapura Ramlingaiah
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Arvinda
authors.forename: Milan Babulal
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jolapara
authors.forename: Jitender
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology