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Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula:The Pathology of Venous Hypertensive Myelopathy
Neurol 45:1309-1313, Hurst,R.W.,et al, 1995
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Article Abstract
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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