Thoracic Intradural Extramedullary AV Malformation Presenting as Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome: A Case Report

Authors

  • S Patwari Department of Radio diagnosis & Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • A Verma Department of Radio diagnosis & Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • A Srivastava Department of Radio diagnosis & Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • RC Shukla Department of Radio diagnosis & Imaging, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Keywords:

Arteriovenous malformation, Foix-Alajouanine syndrome, Myelopathy

Abstract

Acute or subacute myelopathy with spontaneous thrombosis of the veins in a patient with a spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) has been referred to as "Foix-Alajouanine syndrome (FAS)". A previously healthy 35-year-old man developed neurological illness with progressive lower extremity weakness and low back pain. MRI demonstrated diffuse swelling of the thoracic spinal cord, suggesting myelopathy with few intradural extramedullary serpeginous flow voids. We report a case of Foix-Alajouanine syndrome with a review of the literature.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njr.v1i1.6319

Nepalese Journal of Radiology Vol.1(1): 27-29

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2012-06-16

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Thoracic Intradural Extramedullary AV Malformation Presenting as Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome: A Case Report. (2012). Nepalese Journal of Radiology, 1(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.3126/njr.v1i1.6319

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)

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Case Reports

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Thoracic Intradural Extramedullary AV Malformation Presenting as Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome: A Case Report. (2012). Nepalese Journal of Radiology, 1(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.3126/njr.v1i1.6319