Cauda equina and filum terminale arteriovenous fistulas: anatomic and radiographic features

K Namba, Y Niimi, T Ishiguro, A Higaki… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Intradural AVF below the conus medullaris may develop either on the filum terminale or the
cauda equina (lumbosacral and coccygeal radicular nerves). Although not a few filum …

Spinal arteriovenous fistulas of the filum terminale

SM Lim, IS Choi, CA David - American journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The filum terminale is an anatomic structure at the end of the spinal cord. Only a few cases of
AVFs of the filum terminale have been reported. These AVFs usually consist of a single …

Arteriovenous fistula in a nerve root of the cauda equina fed by a proximal radiculo-medullary artery: a report of two cases

T Ohtonari, S Ota, N Nishihara… - Interventional …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
While there have been a few reports on cases of intradural spinal arteriovenous fistula
located on the filum terminale, no cases of its location in a nerve root of the cauda equina …

Dilated vein of the filum terminale on MRI: a marker for deep lumbar and sacral dural and epidural arteriovenous fistulas

W Brinjikji, CA Hilditch, JM Morris… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Conventional MR imaging can provide important clues
regarding the location of a spinal vascular malformation. We hypothesized that a dilated vein …

Surgical resection of arteriovenous fistula at the cauda equina

T Shimizu, N Nagoshi, T Akiyama, S Suzuki… - Spinal Cord Series and …, 2021 - nature.com
Introduction Although spinal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) has been reported widely, AVF at
the cauda equina is quite rare. We described a case of AVF at the cauda equina that was fed …

Spinal arteriovenous fistula located in the filum terminale externa: A case report and review of the literature

B Ryu, S Sato, T Mochizuki… - Interventional …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A filum terminale arteriovenous fistula (FTAVF) is an extremely rare spinal arteriovenous
fistula (AVF) and typically presents with myelopathy and conus medullaris syndrome caused …

Arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale: radiological diagnosis and therapeutic management by embolization

S Haddad, S Condette-Auliac, A Ozanne… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
A 60-year-old man had progressive paraparesis, paresthesia of both lower limbs and
sphincter dysfunction. He underwent MRI, which revealed perimedullar abnormal vascular …

Perimedullary arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale: case report

YJ Jin, KJ Kim, OK Kwon, SK Chung - Neurosurgery, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Although a dural or intramedullary arteriovenous fistula involving the conus
medullaris and fed by the lateral sacral artery has been reported, a case of perimedullary …

[HTML][HTML] Sacral dural arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale coexisting with partially thrombosed filum vein: A case report and literature review

P Iampreechakul, K Wangtanaphat… - Surgical Neurology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Filum terminale arteriovenous fistulas (FTAVFs) are rare and usually classified
as intradural ventral AVFs or Type IVa perimedullary fistulas, located on the pia surface …

Arteriovenous fistulae of the filum terminale

E Giordan, W Brinjikji, E Ciceri… - Journal of …, 2018 - jnis.bmj.com
Filum terminale arteriovenous fistulae are a rare type of arteriovenous shunt generally
characterized by a single direct communication between the artery of the filum terminale and …