Abstract
A 16-year-old boy presented with acute midline thoracic pain followed by rapidly progressive paraplegia. The initial neurological examination demonstrated a complete sensory and motor paraplegia, which significantly improved spontaneously over the following 2 days. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a posterior epidural hematoma extending from the T-4 to T-6 vertebrae, and spinal angiography demonstrated an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with a nidus of abnormal epidural vessels at the level of the T-5 vertebra, which was confirmed surgically. This case represents one of the first reports of a spinal epidural AVM confirmed by angiography.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 119-120 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Neurosurgery |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- epidural hematoma
- spinal angiography
- spinal arteriovenous malformation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology