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Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae with perimedullary venous drainage. Anatomical, clinical and therapeutic considerations |
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| Authors: | F. Ricolfi C. Manelfe J. F. Meder P. Arrué P. Decq P. Brugiéres C. Cognard A. Gaston |
| Affiliation: | Department of Neuroradiology H?pital Henri Mondor, 51 avenue du Maréchal De Lattre de Tassigny, F-94010 Creteil, France, Tel. + 33-1-49-81 26 41, Telefax: + 33-1-49-81 26 48, FR Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology and MRI Unit, H?pital Purpan, Place du Dr. Baylac, F-31059 Toulouse, France, FR Department of Neuroradiology, H?pital Sainte-Anne 1rue Cabanis, F-75014 Paris, France, FR Department of Neurosurgery, H?pital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, FR |
| Abstract: | We report five cases of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) with perimedullary venous drainage. All the patients presented with rapidly progressive myelopathy and three had autonomic disorders. The DAVF were on the tentorium cerebelli (two cases), sigmoid (one), superior petrosal (one), and cavernous sinus (one). Slow venous drainage was directed through dilated perimedullary cervical veins. The transverse sinus was occluded in two cases. MRI, performed in four cases, demonstrated high signal on T2-weighted spin-echo sequences in the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord consistent with oedema, which signal resolved after complete cure of the DAVF in three cases. Embolisation was performed in all cases. It was followed by clinical deterioration in two cases and in the dramatic improvement in the other three, with complete clinical cure in two. Extensive venous thrombosis may explain the deterioration observed in one case. Received: 22 April 1998 Accepted: 15 September 1998 |
| Keywords: | Fistula arteriovenous dural Spinal cord Embolisation Dysautonomia |
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