SPINAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA - THE PATHOLOGY OF VENOUS HYPERTENSIVE MYELOPATHY

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HURST, RW
KENYON, LC
LAVI, E
RAPS, EC
MARCOTTE, P
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[1] UNIV PENN,MED CTR,DEPT RADIOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[2] UNIV PENN,MED CTR,DEPT PATHOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[3] UNIV PENN,MED CTR,DEPT NEUROSURG,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
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10.1212/WNL.45.7.1309
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) are the most common type of spinal vascular malformation. The arteriovenous shunts, located entirely outside the spinal cord, cause a clinical picture of chronic progressive myelopathy believed to arise from the effects of increased venous pressure and impaired venous drainage on the spinal cord. Despite their well-described clinical and angiographic features, no reports have documented the spinal cord pathology in a case of angiographically or pathologically proven SDAVF. We report such a patient in whom a spinal cord biopsy supported increased venous pressure as a mechanism of neurologic dysfunction.
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