title: A case of dural arteriovenous fistulas at the craniocervical junction presenting with occipital/neck pain associated with sleep.
abstract: Venous congestive myelopathy associated with spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) is a treatable disorder that can be controlled without sequelae if it is diagnosed at an early stage. It is important to consider spinal DAVFs in the differential diagnosis based on clinical history and neurologic examination. We report the unique case of a patient with DAVFs at the craniocervical junction presenting with occipital/neck pain associated with sleep.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Neurology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan. suda-sa@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsura
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Arata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanamaru
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mishina
authors.forename: Mineo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D012890:Sleep; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*