PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alain Luciani
AU  - Emmanuel Houdart
AU  - Charbel Mounayer
AU  - Jean-Pierre Saint Maurice
AU  - Jean-Jacques Merland
TI  - Spontaneous Closure of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 992--996
VI  - 22
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/5/992.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/5/992.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 May 01; 22
AB  - Summary: Three cases of spontaneously closing dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are presented, and 11 previously published cases are reviewed. On the basis of clinical and angiographic data, two types of spontaneously regressing dural AVFs are distinguished: posttraumatic and spontaneous. In all cases, the explanation for spontaneous closure is unknown. Some authors have hypothesized that the thrombosis of the draining sinus could be involved. We report three cases of spontaneous dural AVF closure with conservation of sinus patency.