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[Arteriovenous malformations of the cervical spinal cord]
R Sträter1, G Kurlemann, G Schuierer
1Kinderklinik der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Klinische Padiatrie
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Arterio-venous malformations (AVM) of the CNS are considered uncommon lesions in childhood, but is a main cause for subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) of children. We report a case of a 14-year-old girl with an AVM localized in the cervical spine: after an acute event with SAH she shows the clinical features of a cervical myelopathy-syndrome. MRI and selective angiography show an AVM, originating from the right vertebral artery. Patients with AVM have a higher incidence of recurrent bleeding with SAH, hematomyelia or infarction and even cord compression. This grave sequel makes it necessary to treat AVM e.g. with embolization.