Embolization of an Arteriovenous Malformation of the Scalp Using Stainless Steel Coils
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Embolization of a dural arteriovenous malformation using Gianturco coils.
A 16-year-old girl was seen by a local ophthalmolog ist because of diplopia and fullness of the right eye. Exam ination revealed visual acuity of 20/20 in both eyes with a 2-3 mm proptosis of the right eye. The right eye was also displaced downward with restri c tion of upward gaze and redness of the right canthus. There was a machineli ke bruit over the right eye and a thrill over the right su...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.23.273