ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A SPINAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN A 21-MONTH-OLD BOY

Authors
BJORK A EEGOLOFSSON O SVENDSEN P MOSTROM U PELLETTIERI L
Citation
A. Bjork et al., ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A SPINAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN A 21-MONTH-OLD BOY, Acta paediatrica, 83(12), 1994, pp. 1326-1331
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Acta paediatrica → ACNP
ISSN journal
08035253
Volume
83
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1326 - 1331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0803-5253(1994)83:12<1326:ETOASA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Reports of spinal arteriovenous malformations in children are rare. Th is case report describes a 21-month-old boy whose first symptom was at tacks of abdominal pain, followed gradually by neurological symptoms. The diagnosis was made using magnetic resonance imaging and spinal ang iography, and the patient was successfully treated with embolization.