Dural arteriovenous fistulas and headache features: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dural arteriovenous fistulas are intracranial vascular malformations, fed by dural arteries and draining venous sinuses or meningeal veins. Clinical course varies widely and ranges from benign with spontaneous remission to fatal, due to cerebral hemorrhage. In a 10-year single institution experience, clinical presentation of dural arteriovenous fistulas, and in particular headache and angiographic features, as well as long-term outcome were analyzed.

Methods

Data of 42 intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas of 40 patients concerning demographic characteristics, medical history and risk factors, clinical presentation and headache features, location and neuroimaging findings, as well as treatment and outcome, were collected. Furthermore, we used the modified-Rank

SUBMITTER: Corbelli I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature