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Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—: The purpose of this study is to compare the angiographic and clinical characteristics of spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulas (SEAVFs) and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) of the thoracolumbar spine. METHODS—: A total of 168 cases diagnosed as spinal dural or e...

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Autores principales: Kiyosue, Hiro, Matsumaru, Yuji, Niimi, Yasunari, Takai, Keisuke, Ishiguro, Tomoya, Hiramatsu, Masafumi, Tatebayashi, Kotaro, Takagi, Toshinori, Yoshimura, Shinichi
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019131
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author Kiyosue, Hiro
Matsumaru, Yuji
Niimi, Yasunari
Takai, Keisuke
Ishiguro, Tomoya
Hiramatsu, Masafumi
Tatebayashi, Kotaro
Takagi, Toshinori
Yoshimura, Shinichi
author_facet Kiyosue, Hiro
Matsumaru, Yuji
Niimi, Yasunari
Takai, Keisuke
Ishiguro, Tomoya
Hiramatsu, Masafumi
Tatebayashi, Kotaro
Takagi, Toshinori
Yoshimura, Shinichi
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description BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—: The purpose of this study is to compare the angiographic and clinical characteristics of spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulas (SEAVFs) and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) of the thoracolumbar spine. METHODS—: A total of 168 cases diagnosed as spinal dural or extradural arteriovenous fistulas of the thoracolumbar spine were collected from 31 centers. Angiography and clinical findings, including symptoms, sex, and history of spinal surgery/trauma, were retrospectively reviewed. Angiographic images were evaluated, with a special interest in spinal levels, feeders, shunt points, a shunted epidural pouch and its location, and drainage pattern, by 6 readers to reach a consensus. RESULTS—: The consensus diagnoses by the 6 readers were SDAVFs in 108 cases, SEAVFs in 59 cases, and paravertebral arteriovenous fistulas in 1 case. Twenty-nine of 59 cases (49%) of SEAVFs were incorrectly diagnosed as SDAVFs at the individual centers. The thoracic spine was involved in SDAVFs (87%) more often than SEAVFs (17%). Both types of arteriovenous fistulas were predominant in men (82% and 73%) and frequently showed progressive myelopathy (97% and 92%). A history of spinal injury/surgery was more frequently found in SEAVFs (36%) than in SDAVFs (12%; P=0.001). The shunt points of SDAVFs were medial to the medial interpedicle line in 77%, suggesting that SDAVFs commonly shunt to the bridging vein. All SEAVFs formed an epidural shunted pouch, which was frequently located in the ventral epidural space (88%) and drained into the perimedullary vein (75%), the paravertebral veins (10%), or both (15%). CONCLUSIONS—: SDAVFs and SEAVFs showed similar symptoms and male predominance. SDAVFs frequently involve the thoracic spine and shunt into the bridging vein. SEAVFs frequently involve the lumbar spine and form a shunted pouch in the ventral epidural space draining into the perimedullary vein.
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spelling pubmed-57046652017-12-11 Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas Kiyosue, Hiro Matsumaru, Yuji Niimi, Yasunari Takai, Keisuke Ishiguro, Tomoya Hiramatsu, Masafumi Tatebayashi, Kotaro Takagi, Toshinori Yoshimura, Shinichi Stroke Original Contributions BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—: The purpose of this study is to compare the angiographic and clinical characteristics of spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulas (SEAVFs) and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) of the thoracolumbar spine. METHODS—: A total of 168 cases diagnosed as spinal dural or extradural arteriovenous fistulas of the thoracolumbar spine were collected from 31 centers. Angiography and clinical findings, including symptoms, sex, and history of spinal surgery/trauma, were retrospectively reviewed. Angiographic images were evaluated, with a special interest in spinal levels, feeders, shunt points, a shunted epidural pouch and its location, and drainage pattern, by 6 readers to reach a consensus. RESULTS—: The consensus diagnoses by the 6 readers were SDAVFs in 108 cases, SEAVFs in 59 cases, and paravertebral arteriovenous fistulas in 1 case. Twenty-nine of 59 cases (49%) of SEAVFs were incorrectly diagnosed as SDAVFs at the individual centers. The thoracic spine was involved in SDAVFs (87%) more often than SEAVFs (17%). Both types of arteriovenous fistulas were predominant in men (82% and 73%) and frequently showed progressive myelopathy (97% and 92%). A history of spinal injury/surgery was more frequently found in SEAVFs (36%) than in SDAVFs (12%; P=0.001). The shunt points of SDAVFs were medial to the medial interpedicle line in 77%, suggesting that SDAVFs commonly shunt to the bridging vein. All SEAVFs formed an epidural shunted pouch, which was frequently located in the ventral epidural space (88%) and drained into the perimedullary vein (75%), the paravertebral veins (10%), or both (15%). CONCLUSIONS—: SDAVFs and SEAVFs showed similar symptoms and male predominance. SDAVFs frequently involve the thoracic spine and shunt into the bridging vein. SEAVFs frequently involve the lumbar spine and form a shunted pouch in the ventral epidural space draining into the perimedullary vein. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2017-12 2017-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5704665/ /pubmed/29114089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019131 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Stroke is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial, and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Original Contributions
Kiyosue, Hiro
Matsumaru, Yuji
Niimi, Yasunari
Takai, Keisuke
Ishiguro, Tomoya
Hiramatsu, Masafumi
Tatebayashi, Kotaro
Takagi, Toshinori
Yoshimura, Shinichi
Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title_full Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title_fullStr Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title_full_unstemmed Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title_short Angiographic and Clinical Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Spinal Epidural and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
title_sort angiographic and clinical characteristics of thoracolumbar spinal epidural and dural arteriovenous fistulas
topic Original Contributions
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29114089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019131
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