Successful Surgical Excision of Juvenile-Type Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation in Two Stages Following Partial Embolization

Abstract

The case of a 24-year-old man with a juvenile-type spinal arteriovenous malformation is reported. Spinal angiography and magnetic resonance image revealed a juvenile (Type III) AVM at the cervical spine. This spinal malformation was successfully resected with a posterior and anterior surgical approach in two stages following partial embolization.

Key words

Embolization - laminoplasty - oblique corpectomy - spinal arteriovenous malformation

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