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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