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Neurofibromatosis with spinal paralysis due to arteriovenous fistula
K Wada1, K Ohtsuka, K Terayama
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case of neurofibromatosis with spinal paralysis due to arteriovenous fistula is reported. Preoperatively, the appropriate diagnosis was missed because angiography had not been performed. Postoperative angiography disclosed that an arteriovenous fistula formed a tumor-like mass, and that a part of the mass had invaded the spinal canal, compressing the spinal cord. It is concluded that the possibility of an arteriovenous fistula should be kept in mind in neurofibromatosis patients with spinal cord symptoms.