Journal article
Spinal arteriovenous malformation associated with spinal metameric syndrome: a treatable cause of long-term paraplegia?: Case report
Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, Vol.16(4), pp.408-413
04/2012
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.SPINE11636
PMID: 22225485
Abstract
Cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis, or Cobb syndrome, is a rare metameric developmental disorder presenting as an extradural-intradural vascular malformation that involves bone, muscle, skin, spinal cord, and nerve roots. A 14-year-old girl with a red nevus involving the T6–9 dermatomes on the left side of her back presented with a 5-year history of bowel and bladder incontinence, paraplegia, and lower-extremity sensory loss. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a hemangioma in the T-8 and T-9 vertebral bodies and a spinal cord AVM nidus extending from T-6 to T-9. The AVM was successfully embolized and the patient regained lower-extremity strength, ambulation, and normal sphincter functions after 5 years of having been wheelchair bound. The authors report the restoration of ambulation after endovascular embolization of a large spinal AVM in a patient with long-standing paraplegia due to Cobb syndrome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Spinal arteriovenous malformation associated with spinal metameric syndrome: a treatable cause of long-term paraplegia?: Case report
- Creators
- Italo Linfante - 1Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida;, 4Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaFrancesca Tari Capone - 2Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, II Faculty of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, ItalyGuilherme Dabus - 1Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida;, 4Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaSergio Gonzalez-Arias - 3Department of Neurological Surgery, Baptist Hospital Neuroscience Center; and, 4Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaPatricio E Lau - 4Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaEdgar A Samaniego - 1Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, Vol.16(4), pp.408-413
- DOI
- 10.3171/2011.12.SPINE11636
- PMID
- 22225485
- NLM abbreviation
- J Neurosurg Spine
- ISSN
- 1547-5654
- eISSN
- 1547-5646
- Publisher
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2012
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Radiology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984020615402771
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