Subacute involvement of the medulla oblongata and occipital neuralgia revealing an intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula of the craniocervical junction

Neurol India. 2011 Mar-Apr;59(2):285-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.79153.

Abstract

A 58-year-old woman with cervicomedullary dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) presenting with myelopathy, ipsilateral occipital neuralgia, and signs of involvement of the brainstem is reported and the previously published cases have been reviewed. The dural AVF was successfully treated surgically after an attempt of embolization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / complications*
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Medulla Oblongata / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuralgia / diagnostic imaging
  • Neuralgia / etiology*
  • Neuralgia / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome