DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA AS A RARE CAU SE OF AN INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA

Dural arteriovenous fistulas are rare vascular malformations presentin g with very different clinical signs, depending on the pattern of veno us drainage. Retrograde leptomeningeal venous drainage is significantl y correlated with a progressive neurological presentation. A case of a dural arteriovenous fistula with corticaI venous drainage is presente d. The draining vein was frankly aneurysmal dilated. Rupture of this V enous aneurysm caused an intracerebral hemorrhage. The venous varix an d the hematoma were microsurgically resected and evacuated.