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Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Review
- Source :
- Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 15
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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Abstract
- Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVF) are a rare pathologic entity with a diverse and often misleading clinical presentation. While digital subtraction spinal angiography remains the gold standard, recent advances in noninvasive vascular imaging have improved the diagnosis of SDAVF. As this condition can result in permanent spinal cord injury, all patients require treatment, which consists of surgical or endovascular occlusion of the fistula. Failure to recognize and treat SDAVF in a timely fashion can result in irreversible neurologic disability, including myelopathy, lower extremity weakness and bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. This article reviews the clinical features, pathogenesis, radiographic features and current treatment strategies for these complex lesions.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Fistula
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spinal Cord Diseases
Myelopathy
Dural arteriovenous fistulas
medicine
Humans
Spinal cord injury
Angiology
Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Endovascular Procedures
Magnetic resonance imaging
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
Radiography
Sexual dysfunction
Spinal Cord
Dura Mater
Radiology
Presentation (obstetrics)
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15346242 and 15233804
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Atherosclerosis Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....217ad968d21b5cce26188c5896c197f0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11883-013-0335-7