Spinal dural arteriovenous malformation presented with intracranial hypertension in a young patient

BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Dec 14:2012:bcr2012007906. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007906.

Abstract

Spinal dural arteriovenous malformations (AVM), the most common type of spinal cord vascular malformation, can be a challenge to diagnosis and prompt treatment. The disorder is rare, and the presenting clinical symptoms and signs are non-specific and insidious at onset. Spinal dural AVMs preferentially affect middle-aged men, and patients most commonly present with gait abnormality or lower-extremity weakness and sensory disturbances. İt may rarely present with symptoms of intracranial hypertension including headache and visual disorders. In this report, we present the radiological findings of a 19-year-old male patient with spinal dural AVM presenting with raised intracranial pressure symptoms including papilloedema and headache, and discuss with recent literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Dura Mater / blood supply*
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hypertension / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Spinal Cord
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Young Adult