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Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant
Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) are commonly encountered by the neurosurgeon. Herein, we present a case illustration of an infant presenting with an extremely large fistula that took up a significant part of the intracranial volume. A one-month-old female presented with irritability and failure...
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Korean Association of Anatomists
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8693137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34657838 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.21.083 |
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author | Peper, Charles Iwanaga, Joe Dumont, Aaron S. Tubbs, R. Shane |
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description | Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) are commonly encountered by the neurosurgeon. Herein, we present a case illustration of an infant presenting with an extremely large fistula that took up a significant part of the intracranial volume. A one-month-old female presented with irritability and failure to thrive. She was the product of a 35-week pregnancy and was delivered vaginally without complications or a difficult labor. Based on the findings of magnetic resonance imaging, the diagnosis of a giant dAVF involving the transerve-sigmoid sinuses was made. The patient was scheduled for an arteriogram but died before the procedure could be performed. Such a case illustrates how large some dAVF can become and at a very early age. As in the present case, the patient was minimally symptomatic. Therefore, the time to intervention after diagnosis is thus, sometimes, critical. |
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spelling | pubmed-86931372022-01-05 Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant Peper, Charles Iwanaga, Joe Dumont, Aaron S. Tubbs, R. Shane Anat Cell Biol Case Report Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) are commonly encountered by the neurosurgeon. Herein, we present a case illustration of an infant presenting with an extremely large fistula that took up a significant part of the intracranial volume. A one-month-old female presented with irritability and failure to thrive. She was the product of a 35-week pregnancy and was delivered vaginally without complications or a difficult labor. Based on the findings of magnetic resonance imaging, the diagnosis of a giant dAVF involving the transerve-sigmoid sinuses was made. The patient was scheduled for an arteriogram but died before the procedure could be performed. Such a case illustrates how large some dAVF can become and at a very early age. As in the present case, the patient was minimally symptomatic. Therefore, the time to intervention after diagnosis is thus, sometimes, critical. Korean Association of Anatomists 2021-12-31 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8693137/ /pubmed/34657838 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.21.083 Text en Copyright © 2021. Anatomy & Cell Biology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Peper, Charles Iwanaga, Joe Dumont, Aaron S. Tubbs, R. Shane Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title | Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title_full | Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title_fullStr | Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title_short | Giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
title_sort | giant dural arteriovenous fistula in an infant |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8693137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34657838 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.21.083 |
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