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Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Glomus Arteriovenous Malformation of the Cervical Spine
Author(s) -
Polachini Ilydio,
Kanaan Azzam S.,
Dagli Rajesh D.,
Koymen Nalm,
Magalhaes Alvaro
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199334250
Subject(s) - medicine , arteriovenous malformation , arteriovenous fistula , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , magnetic resonance angiography , glomus tumor , myelography , angiography , spinal cord , psychiatry
Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spine magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) demonstrated a glomus‐type intradural arteriovenous malformation of the upper cervical region of the spine in a 24‐year‐old woman. Gadolinium‐enhanced, three‐dimensional, phase‐contrast angiography displayed the nidus and feeders of the arteriovenous malformation. The clinical features of the two most common types of spinal arteriovenous malformations (dural arteriovenous fistula and glomus intradural arteriovenous malformation) are reviewed. Conventional MRI and spine MRA may obviate the need for performing total spinal myelography in patients suspected of having spinal arteriovenous malformations.