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Global Arteriovenous Malformation of the Cervical Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R.C. Holgate  and
W.M. Lougheed
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Abstract

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This case was presented as an interesting example of a global arteriovenous malformation (AVM) involving muscle, bone, extradural and intradural spaces of the cervical region.

A twenty-eight year old male in October, 1976, fell at work sustaining a blow to his lower back. The following day he complained of cervical pain. Physical examination was negative and he had a full range of movement of his cervical spine.

Plain films and tomograms of the cervical spine showed a lytic honeycomblesion of C2 and C3, and a 4 mm. subluxation of C3 on C4 (Fig. 1). The bone scan showed increased flow and decreased static activity in the upper cervical region. The radiological diagnosis was vertebral hemangioma; tumor, infection and histiocytosis were unlikely but important differential considerations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 41 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1981

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