Acute flank pain: An unusual presentation of a spinal AVM

The authors report the case of a 6-year-old boy with a spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) who presented with acute flank pain and a delayed onset of paraplegia. An early diagnosis of a spinal cord AVM was made difficult by the absence of neurological findings on initial evaluation. Include...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of emergency medicine 1999-07, Vol.17 (4), p.382-384
Hauptverfasser:	Felner, Eric I, Goto, Collin S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Pain - diagnosis Abdominal Pain - etiology Acute Disease Angiography arteriovenous malformation Arteriovenous Malformations - complications Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnosis Biological and medical sciences Child Contrast Media Diagnosis, Differential flank pain Follow-Up Studies Gadolinium Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Neurology Paraplegia - diagnosis Paraplegia - etiology Spinal Spinal Cord - blood supply Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors report the case of a 6-year-old boy with a spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) who presented with acute flank pain and a delayed onset of paraplegia. An early diagnosis of a spinal cord AVM was made difficult by the absence of neurological findings on initial evaluation. Included is a description of his clinical course, and the presentation of spinal AVMs to the emergency physician is discussed.
ISSN:	0735-6757 1532-8171
DOI:	10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90092-X