Secondary clinical deterioration after successful embolization of a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: a plea for prophylactic anticoagulation. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We present a case of delayed aggravation of initially-resolved symptoms in a patient after successful embolization of a T5 spinal dural arteriovenous (AV) fistula with N-butyl cyanoacrylate. The symptoms were attributed to venous thrombosis and resolved with systemic anticoagulation after five days of treatment. Although the most adequate treatment for preventing venous thrombosis after spinal dural AV fistula is not known, we describe this patient as a case for more aggressive prophylactic anticoagulation measures in the immediate post-embolization time period.

publication date

  • July 19, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Anticoagulants
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Venous Thrombosis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3277977

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 77955137190

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/159101991001600213

PubMed ID

  • 20642896

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 2