Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting as an enhancing lesion of the medulla.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/jnis.2009.001750.
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Abstract
A case of atypical clinical and imaging manifestations of an intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) is reported. A 53-year-old man presented with orthostatic syncope and tingling of the fingertips of both hands, and the initial imaging findings were interpreted as brainstem mass. A catheter angiogram confirmed the presence of an intracranial DAVF with venous drainage around the brainstem and spinal cord. The lesion was treated by endovascular embolization and the patient remains asymptomatic 9 months after treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Medulla Oblongata