title: Spinal arteriovenous malformation associated with Schimmelpenning syndrome.
abstract: The authors report the presentation and management of a 13-year-old girl with Schimmelpenning syndrome, a rare neurocutaneous syndrome; this patient suffered hemorrhage of a spinal arteriovenous malformation. This is the first case of a spinal arteriovenous malformation reported in association with Schimmelpenning syndrome. Neurosurgeons should be aware of this rare phacomatosis as well as of the various neurological disorders associated with this diagnosis. The threshold for imaging the neuraxis in these patients should be low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.
authors.forename: Kaith K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Almefty
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ducruet
authors.forename: R Webster
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bristol
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lavine
authors.forename: Felipe C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D020752:Neurocutaneous Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D054000:Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome