title: Early description of synchronous double spinal vascular malformations by Łucja Frey in 1928.
abstract: The Polish neurologist Łucja Frey (1889-1942) is principally remembered for her description of the auriculotemporal nerve (or Frey's) syndrome. She also reported a complex case of spinal cord vascular malformation in 1928, which included one of the earliest accurate anatomopathological depictions of a spinal arteriovenous malformation as well as the first known observation of double synchronous spinal cord vascular malformation. An abbreviated translation of Frey's report is followed by a discussion of the place occupied by her contribution in the development of our current understanding of spinovascular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gailloud
mesh_terms: D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000266:history
keywords: AVF = arteriovenous fistula; AVM = arteriovenous malformation; DAVF = dural AVF; history; multiple spinal vascular malformations; spinal arteriovenous fistula; spinal arteriovenous malformation