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Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Mimicking a Brainstem Glioma
Loïc Le Guennec1, Delphine Leclercq2, Zoltan Szatmary2
1AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de neurologie 2-Mazarin, Paris, France.
Background:
Brainstem intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas are extremely rare and can mimic a glioma at the time of presentation.
Case:
We report a patient with an infiltrating brainstem lesion that finally revealed an intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula, with full neurological improvement after embolization.
Conclusion:
A careful radiological study looking for dilated vessels around the brainstem is necessary in the workup of an infiltrating brainstem lesion, in order to rule out intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula.
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