title: The strategy of dural arteriovenous fistula with isolated sinus.
abstract: We treated 7 cases of dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF) with isolated sinus by transvenous direct embolization. The fistulas located in the transverse-sigmoid sinus in 5 cases, superior sagittal sinus in 1 case and transverse-sigmoid and superior sagittal sinus in 1 case. The initial symptoms were generalized convulsion in 2 cases, disturbed consciousness in 1 case, tinnitus in 2 cases and transient ischemic attack in 2 cases. We performed sinus packing with coils in all cases following transarterial embolization. All patients improved neurologically after the treatments and AVFs completely disappeared in all cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Hidaka General Hospital; Wakayama, Japan.
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