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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:816-818 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.6.816
  • Lesson of the month

Myelopathy from intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula

  1. G P Kalamangalam1,
  2. J Bhattacharya2,
  3. E Teasdale2,
  4. M Thomas1
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr A M Thomas, Department of Neurology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK;
 g-kalamangalam{at}hotmail.com
  • Received 4 December 2001
  • Accepted 14 February 2002
  • Revised 13 February 2002

Abstract

Dural arteriovenous fistulas arising intracranially are an uncommon cause of progressive myelopathy. This report is of a patient in whom the diagnosis of the condition was confounded by coexisting small vessel cerebrovascular disease.

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