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Angiographic challenges of spinal dural and epidural arteriovenous fistulas: report on 45 cases. |
| المؤلفون: |
Takai, Keisuke, Endo, Takeaki, Fujimoto, So |
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Neuroradiology; Feb2024, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p279-286, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SPINAL cord radiography, SCIENTIFIC observation, FISTULA, TIME, ARTERIOVENOUS fistula, CASE studies, RESEARCH funding, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ANGIOGRAPHY, CATHETERIZATION, LUMBAR vertebrae, THORACIC vertebrae |
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Purpose: The localization of the fistula level in spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) and epidural arteriovenous fistulas (edAVFs) remains a diagnostic challenge. Methods: Consecutive patients with spinal dAVFs and edAVFs in the thoracic, lumbar, and sacral regions were included. The primary endpoint was to describe the characteristics of patients who required angiography with multiple catheterizations of segmental arteries (10 or more). Results: Forty-five patients (median age 69 years; male 89%; dAVFs, n = 31; edAVFs, n = 14) were included. Spinal dAVFs commonly developed in the thoracic region and edAVFs in the lumbosacral region. Fistulas were predicted at the correct level or plus/minus 2 level in less invasive examinations using multi-detector CT angiography (n = 28/36, 78%) and/or contrast-enhanced MR angiography (n = 9/14, 64%). We encountered diagnostic challenges in the localization of fistulas in 6 patients. They underwent angiography a median of 2 times. In each patient, spinal levels were examined at a median of 25 levels with a median radiation exposure of 3971 mGy and 257 ml of contrast. Fistulas were finally localized at the high thoracic region (T4-6) in 3 patients, the sacral region (S1-2) in 2, and the lumbar region (L3) in 1. Four patients were diagnosed with edAVFs and 2 with dAVFs. The correlation coefficient between the fistula level and the rostral end of the intramedullary T2 high-signal intensity on MRI was interpreted as none. Conclusion: In patients in whom less invasive examinations failed for fistula localization, high thoracic or sacral AVFs need to be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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