Venous hypertension associated with a posterior fossa dural arteriovenous fistula: another cause of bithalamic lesions on MR images.

نویسندگان

  • G P Greenough
  • A Mamourian
  • R E Harbaugh
چکیده

We report a case of a posterior fossa arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with bithalamic hyperintensity of MR images. The thalamic abnormality improved after surgery, suggesting reversible venous hypertension as the pathogenesis of the finding, as opposed to infarction. This manifestation of a posterior fossa AVF should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bilateral thalamic disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 20 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999