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Extracranial vertebral arteriovenous fistulae of non traumatic origin are extremly rare. The authors report two cases of spontaneous vertebro-vertebral arteriovenous fistulae associated with fibromuscular dysplasia. They discuss the relation-ship between arteriovenous fistulae and fibro-muscular dysplasia, and the specific problems of treatment in these two cases.
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Bahar, S., Chiras, J., Carpena, J.P. et al. Spontaneous vertebro-vertebral arterio-venous fistula associated with fibro-muscular dysplasia. Neuroradiology 26, 45–49 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328203
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