Endovascular treatment of complex dural arteriovenous fistula using the dual-microcatheter technique

Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jul;37(1 Suppl):1. doi: 10.3171/2014.V2.FOCUS14177.

Abstract

A 71-year-old woman presented with headache and dilated vessels on CTA. Angiography demonstrated a complex dural arteriovenous fistula with retrograde cortical venous hypertension, supplied by branches of internal and external carotids bilaterally into a fistulous pouch paralleling the left transverse and sigmoid sinuses, which was occluded at the jugular bulb. The patient refused treatment and was lost to follow-up, returning with sudden confusion and hemianopsia from left temporo-occipital hemorrhage. Transvenous endovascular embolization was performed using the dual-microcatheter technique with a combination of coiling and Onyx copolymer, completely occluding the sinus and fistula while preserving normal venous drainage. The video can be found here: http://youtu.be/u_4Oc7tSmDM .

Keywords: Onyx; arteriovenous fistula; embolization; endovascular; video.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / surgery*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Polyvinyls

Substances

  • Onyx copolymer
  • Polyvinyls
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide