Acute spinal cord infarction: vascular steal in arteriovenous malformation. |
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| Authors: | S Bandyopadhyay R D Sheth |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792-5132, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Central nervous system arteriovenous malformations typically present with chronic neurologic impairment. An 8-year-old boy presented with acute spinal cord infarction associated with a spinal arteriovenous malformation. Vascular steal phenomenon suggested by spinal angiography happens to underly the pathogenic mechanism. |
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