Coexistence of a single cerebral arteriovenous malformation and spinal arteriovenous malformation
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Coexistence of a single cerebral arteriovenous malformation and spinal arteriovenous malformation.
The coexistence of a cerebral and a spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) together is extremely rare. We present a 31-year-old woman, who suffered from severe root pains in the left upper extremity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the abnormal vessels in the left occipital lobe and upper cervical segment of spinal cord. Cerebral angiography and spinal angiogram revealed two AVMs: On...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology India
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0028-3886
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.59479