TY - JOUR
T1 - Massive Intramedullary Hemorrhage After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Patient with Vertebrovertebral Arteriovenous Fistula
AU - Inoue, Tomoo
AU - Endo, Toshiki
AU - Sato, Kenichi
AU - Fesli, Ramazan
AU - Ogawa, Yoshikazu
AU - Fujimura, Miki
AU - Matsumoto, Yasushi
AU - Tominaga, Teiji
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Background: Hemorrhagic presentations are rare in vertebrovertebral arteriovenous fistula (VVAVF). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient initially presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage and progressing to intramedullary hemorrhage. Case Description: The authors report on a 59-year-old man with VVAVF who developed massive intramedullary hemorrhage. Twelve months before ictus, the patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although we recommended endovascular surgery, the patient refused treatment. Twelve months after the initial attack, the massive intramedullary hemorrhage in cervical spinal cord caused complete spinal cord injury. Emergent endovascular intervention was performed after the intramedullary hemorrhage, but there was no neurologic improvement. Conclusions: Identification of this phenomenon is important in VVAVF because intramedullary hemorrhage dramatically degrades patient outcome. Prompt surgical intervention is mandatory for VVAVF cases presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
AB - Background: Hemorrhagic presentations are rare in vertebrovertebral arteriovenous fistula (VVAVF). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient initially presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage and progressing to intramedullary hemorrhage. Case Description: The authors report on a 59-year-old man with VVAVF who developed massive intramedullary hemorrhage. Twelve months before ictus, the patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although we recommended endovascular surgery, the patient refused treatment. Twelve months after the initial attack, the massive intramedullary hemorrhage in cervical spinal cord caused complete spinal cord injury. Emergent endovascular intervention was performed after the intramedullary hemorrhage, but there was no neurologic improvement. Conclusions: Identification of this phenomenon is important in VVAVF because intramedullary hemorrhage dramatically degrades patient outcome. Prompt surgical intervention is mandatory for VVAVF cases presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
KW - Intramedullary hemorrhage
KW - Myelopathy
KW - Subarachnoid hemorrhage
KW - Vertebrovertebral arteriovenous fistula
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.076
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.076
M3 - Article
C2 - 31226458
AN - SCOPUS:85069610424
VL - 129
SP - 432
EP - 436
JO - World Neurosurgery
JF - World Neurosurgery
SN - 1878-8750
ER -