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Spinal arteriovenous malformation

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An 11-year-old girl presented with acute onset of paraplegia with bowel and bladder incontinence. She had spinal tenderness and a sensory level at mid thoracic region. MRI spine revealed an intradural extramedullary arterio-venous malformation with hemorrhage into the intramedullary region. Hence a diagnosis of spinal arterio-venous malformation was entertained.

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    S. Balasubramanian, So. Shivbalan & Sandeep D. Jaipurkar

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Balasubramanian, S., Shivbalan, S. & Jaipurkar, S.D. Spinal arteriovenous malformation. Indian J Pediatr 71, 1131–1132 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02829830

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Key words

  • Arterio-venous malformation
  • Spine
  • AVM