Intramedullary feeder aneurysm of a cervical epidural arteriovenous fistula causing myelopathy: a case report and literature review

While a craniocervical junction (CCJ) epidural arteriovenous fistula (EDAVF) may present with hemorrhagic myelopathy from an associated feeder aneurysm on rare occasions, non-hemorrhagic myelopathy from such an aneurysm remains unreported. A woman in her late sixties presented with cervical myelopat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta neurochirurgica 2023-12, Vol.165 (12), p.3985-3990
Hauptverfasser: Hashikata, Hirokuni, Goto, Masanori, Maki, Yoshinori, Nishida, Namiko, Ando, Mitsushige, Ishibashi, Ryota, Toda, Hiroki, Iwasaki, Koichi
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Zusammenfassung:While a craniocervical junction (CCJ) epidural arteriovenous fistula (EDAVF) may present with hemorrhagic myelopathy from an associated feeder aneurysm on rare occasions, non-hemorrhagic myelopathy from such an aneurysm remains unreported. A woman in her late sixties presented with cervical myelopathy due to a non-hemorrhagic intramedullary aneurysm associated with CCJ-EDAVF. The intramedullary aneurysm originated from the spinal pial artery supplied by the anterior spinal artery. Direct surgical fistula coagulation and feeder obliteration resulted in the disappearance of the aneurysm and myelopathy improvement. This report illustrates the first case of a non-hemorrhagic intramedullary aneurysm associated with CCJ-EDAVF successfully treated with direct surgery.
ISSN:0942-0940
0001-6268
0942-0940
DOI:10.1007/s00701-023-05578-7