Weill Cornell Medicine
Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center

Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting as an enhancing lesion of the medulla.

Publication Type Case Report
Authors Patsalides A, Tzatha E, Stübgen J, Shungu D, Stieg P, Gobin Y
Journal J Neurointerv Surg
Volume 2
Issue 4
Pagination 390-3
Date Published 06/15/2010
ISSN 1759-8486
Keywords Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations, Embolization, Therapeutic, Medulla Oblongata
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.
DOI 10.1136/jnis.2009.001750
PubMed ID 21990654
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