Type I Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula with Ventral Intradural Venous Drainage: A Proposal of a Modified Classification.
Asian J Neurosurg. 2018 Oct-Dec;13(4):1048-1052. doi: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_100_17.
Adeeb N, Moore JM, Alturki AY, Bulsara KR, Griessenauer CJ, Patel AS, Gupta R, Tubbs RS, Ogilvy CS, Thomas AJ.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
Spinal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the most common spinal vascular lesion and constitutes an abnormal communication between a feeder artery and a draining vein. Arterialization of the venous plexus leads to venous hypertension; consequent edema and congestion of the spinal cord are associated with progressive neurological decline.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
In this report, we describe two unique cases of type I cervical spinal AVF, in which a radiculomeningeal artery forms an intradural fistula that drains into the ventral venous plexus.
RESULTS:
Both patients underwent surgical obliteration of the fistula with complete occlusion confirmed on postoperative angiography.
CONCLUSION:
Both cases do not fit into the current classification scheme. A modified classification is proposed.
KEYWORDS:
Arteriovenous; Type I; arteriovenous fistulas; classification; fistula; spinal; venous plexus; ventral