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Transvenous Embolization of a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Involving the Suboccipital Cavernous Sinus

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Abbreviations

AVF:

Arteriovenous fistula

ICA:

Internal carotid artery

ECA:

External carotid artery

VA:

Vertebral artery

CS:

Cavernous sinus

CT:

Computerized tomography

IPS:

Inferior petrosal sinus

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

SOV:

Superior ophthalmic vein

ACC:

Anterior condylar confluence

ICAVP:

ICA venous plexus

IPCV:

Inferior petroclival vein

JB:

Jugular bulb

SS:

Sigmoid sinus

ACV:

Anterior condylar vein

PCV:

Posterior condylar vein

LCV:

Lateral condylar vein

SCS:

Suboccipital cavernous sinus

VVP:

Vertebral venous plexus

VAVP:

Vertebral artery venous plexus

IJV:

Internal jugular vein

DCV:

Deep cervical vein

CCJ:

Craniocervical junction

TVE:

Transvenous embolization

TAE:

Transarterial embolization

V3:

Extraspinal segment (exit from C1 to foramen magnum)

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, 431-3192, Hamamatsu, Japan

    H. Hiramatsu MD & Y. Kamio

  2. Department of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Y. Sugiura

  3. Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    M. Kamiya

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Hiramatsu, H., Sugiura, Y., Kamio, Y. et al. Transvenous Embolization of a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Involving the Suboccipital Cavernous Sinus. Clin Neuroradiol 25, 419–422 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-014-0356-9

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