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Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Involving the Posterior Condylar Canal

H. Kiyosue^a, M. Okahara^b, Y. Sagara^a, S. Tanoue^a, S. Ueda^b, C. Mimata^c and H. Mori^a

^a Department of Radiology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu City, Oita, Japan
^b Department of Radiology, Shinbeppu Hospital, Oita, Japan
^c Department of Neurosurgery, Shinbeppu Hospital, Oita, Japan

View larger version (37K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 1. Frontal (A) and lateral (B) views of an angiogram of the left external carotid artery show the AVF (white arrow) being fed by the left ascending pharyngeal artery and the left occipital artery, draining through the posterior condylar vein (black arrows) into the posterior cervical vein and sigmoid sinus and into the occipital sinus (arrowheads). Frontal (C) and lateral (D) views of an angiogram of the left vertebral artery show the AVF (white arrow) being fed by the left anterior meningeal artery. Black arrows indicate the posterior condylar vein, and arrowheads indicate the occipital sinus. Angiogram of the right vertebral artery (E) demonstrates the shunted venous pouch (white arrow) being fed by the right anterior meningeal artery. Angiogram of the left internal carotid artery (F) shows the AVF being fed by the dorsal clival artery.

View larger version (54K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 2. Axial reconstructed images of rotational angiogram of the left external carotid artery show the fistulous pouch (white arrows) draining through the posterior condylar vein (PCV) into the posterior cervical vein inferiorly and the occipital sinus (OS) posterosuperiorly. The occipital sinus and the posterior condylar vein form a common trunk (arrowheads) that joins into the sigmoid sinus (SS).

View larger version (120K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 3. CT after embolization shows coils at the left posterior condylar canal.