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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Giant arachnoid granulation with a thrombosed dural arteriovenous fistula
  1. Lakshmikanth Halegubbi Karegowda,
  2. Kadavigere Rajagopal,
  3. Suresh Kanase Krishnamurthy,
  4. Shivarajkumar Lakshmana
  1. Radiodiagnosis, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
  1. Correspondence to Professor Kadavigere Rajagopal, rajagopalkv{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Arachnoid granulations are common incidentally detected small dural lesions which are usually asymptomatic and follow cerebrospinal fluid density/signal intensity on CT/MRI. Such lesions reaching a size of more than 1 cm are termed as giant arachnoid granulations (GAGs) which have been previously reported to cause venous hypertension and headaches. We report a case of GAG involving the proximal half of the superior sagittal sinus in a 45-year-old male patient which was associated with left temporal thrombosed dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) whose thrombosed draining veins were seen converging towards the site of GAG. The patient presented with three episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures and improved with conservative treatment. No reports of such association of GAG with AVF is available in the literature, and we believe it could have occurred due to venous hypertension induced by GAG.

  • neurology
  • neuroimaging
  • radiology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224851

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    • Contributors LHK was involved in conception, drafting the manuscript and in final approval of the version to be published. KR was involved in the interpretation of data, drafting and editing the manuscript and in final approval of the version to be published. SKK was involved in the acquisition, analysis of data, critical revisions of the manuscript for important intellectual content and in final approval of the version to be published. SL was involved in the design of the work, drafting the manuscript and in final approval of the version to be published. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.