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Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill

Cervical vertebral AV fistulae are uncommon vascular lesions involving abnormal communication between the extradural vertebral artery and surrounding venous structures. We examine the case of a female evaluated in the emergency department with a vertebral AV fistula presenting classically as pulsati...

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Autores principales: Edwards, Matthew K., Christenson, Erica N., Corliss, Brian M., Polifka, Adam J., Allen, Brandon R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5396428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8386459
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author Edwards, Matthew K.
Christenson, Erica N.
Corliss, Brian M.
Polifka, Adam J.
Allen, Brandon R.
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description Cervical vertebral AV fistulae are uncommon vascular lesions involving abnormal communication between the extradural vertebral artery and surrounding venous structures. We examine the case of a female evaluated in the emergency department with a vertebral AV fistula presenting classically as pulsatile tinnitus and later successfully treated with standard endovascular techniques. A discussion on the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of vertebral AV fistulae follows.
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spelling pubmed-53964282017-05-07 Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill Edwards, Matthew K. Christenson, Erica N. Corliss, Brian M. Polifka, Adam J. Allen, Brandon R. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Cervical vertebral AV fistulae are uncommon vascular lesions involving abnormal communication between the extradural vertebral artery and surrounding venous structures. We examine the case of a female evaluated in the emergency department with a vertebral AV fistula presenting classically as pulsatile tinnitus and later successfully treated with standard endovascular techniques. A discussion on the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of vertebral AV fistulae follows. Hindawi 2017 2017-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5396428/ /pubmed/28480086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8386459 Text en Copyright © 2017 Matthew K. Edwards et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Edwards, Matthew K.
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Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title_full Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title_fullStr Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title_full_unstemmed Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title_short Vertebral Arteriovenous Fistula: An Unwelcome Thrill
title_sort vertebral arteriovenous fistula: an unwelcome thrill
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5396428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8386459
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