Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Dural Arterio-venous Fistulas(<SPECIAL ISSUES>Surgical Strategy for Dural AVF)
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Spontaneous closure of dural arterio-venous fistula.
Sir, Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) account for 1015% of the intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Though a subgroup of DAVFs has been reported to have a benign course complete spontaneous disappearance of DAVFs is uncommon. A 25-year-old male presented to us with history of headache and pulsatile tinnitus for three months with no deficits on neurological examination. Digital subtrac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0917-950X,2187-3100
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.17.376