A Case Report of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: A Threatening Cause of Paraplegia.
angiography
dural arteriovenous fistula
myelopathy
paraplegia
s: magnetic resonance imaging
spinal cord
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
accepted:
14
11
2022
entrez:
16
12
2022
pubmed:
17
12
2022
medline:
17
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) are rare entities and are often misdiagnosed. They usually occur in adults above the age of 50 and 60 years. While they most commonly involve the thoracolumbar region, they can occur anywhere along the spinal cord. Clinical symptoms are insidious and not specific and may progress slowly, over several years, to severe myelopathy with paraplegia. Early diagnosis is critical because the deficits are potentially reversible if carefully treated. Delayed treatment may result in severe and irreversible neurological disability. Imaging diagnosis relies on MRI and conventional spinal angiography. Once identified, the dural arteriovenous fistula should be immediately treated by either endovascular embolization or surgical ligation. In this report, we present a case of SDAVF in a 65-year-old male that was managed by open surgery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36523744
doi: 10.7759/cureus.31469
pmc: PMC9748628
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e31469Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, El Bouardi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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