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Abstract
A 67-year-old patient presented with a headache, vertigo and nausea, followed by a disturbance of consciousness. CT and MRI showed venous ectasia at the left cerebellopontine angle and extensive oedema in the left cerebellum. Angiography demonstrated a dural arteriovenous fistula that appeared at the left superior petrosal sinus–cavernous sinus) junction. After the evaluation of the shunt point, occluded areas were recanalised via the femoral vein with a quadriaxial catheter system using a 6-Fr guiding sheath, 6-Fr guiding catheter, 4.2-Fr catheter and microcatheter. Selective coil embolisation was performed, resulting in shunt removal.
- neurology (drugs and medicines)
- headache (including migraines)
- stroke
- interventional radiology
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Contributors The four authors are justifiably credited with authorship. In detail, YO: conception, design, data collection, drafting of the manuscript, writing the article, final approval given; NH : conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision of the article, supervision, final approval given; KM: data collection, critical revision of the article, supervision, final approval given; SN: data collection, critical revision of manuscript, final approval given.
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.