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Embolization of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations

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Interventional Neuroradiology

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs) are foci of arteriovenous shunting that occur within the dura mater, most often located in the wall of a dural sinus or where a major draining vein enters a dural sinus. Earlier investigators suggested that these arteriovenous shunts were developmental, thereby popularizing the term dural arteriovenous malformation. Recent evidence has documented, however, that this disease is often acquired from a dural sinus thrombosis or traumatic etiology (Houser et al. 1979; Chaudhary et al. 1982; Picard et al. 1987). The term fistulas (or fistulae) implies an acquired etiology usually involving multiple connections and therefore has increasingly been used to describe these dural arteriovenous shunts. Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) are subclassified usually by the location of the involved dural sinus (e.g., cavernous DAVF) or the location of the arteriovenous shunting (e.g., ethmoidal groove DAVF).

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    Van V. Halbach M.D. (Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Neurointerventional Radiology Section)

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Halbach, V.V. (1993). Embolization of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations. In: Valavanis, A. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84434-8_3

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