English Journal

Late diagnosis of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas resulting in severe lower-extremity weakness: a case series.

Iovtchev I1, Hiller N, Ofran Y, Schwartz I, Cohen J, Rubin SA, Meiner Z.
The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society.Spine J.2013 Oct 2. pii: S1529-9430(13)01476-9. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.08.029. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) is a slow-flow extramedullary vascular lesion affecting primarily the lower thoracic and lumbar spine. The clinical sequela of these vascular changes is progressive myelopathy and severe lower-extremity weakness. Although surgical or emb
PMID 24246747

Professor Abraham Akerman.

Teive HA1, Zorzetto FP, Moro A, Munhoz RP, Filho PA, Novak EM.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria.Arq Neuropsiquiatr.2013 Sep;71(9A):640-2. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20130109.
The authors present a historical review of the contribution of Professor Abraham Akerman to Brazilian neurology, including the famous sign known as "the Alajouanine-Akerman unstable ataxic hand".
PMID 24141445

Congestive myelopathy (Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome) due to intradural arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale fed by anterior spinal artery: Case report and review of literature.

Krishnan P1, Banerjee TK, Saha M.
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology.Ann Indian Acad Neurol.2013 Jul;16(3):432-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.116931.
Spinal arteriovenous fistulas are rare entities. They often present with congestive myelopathy but are infrequently diagnosed as the cause of the patients' symptoms. Only one such case has been described previously in Indian literature. We describe one such case who presented to us after a gap of 3
PMID 24101838

Japanese Journal

Spontaneous Thrombosis of a Spinal Conus Perimedullary Arteriovenous Fistula : Case Report

TAKAI Keisuke,USUI Masaaki
Neurologia medico-chirurgica = 神経外科 52(2), 103-106, 2012-02-15
… Spinal arteriovenous malformation generally causes progressive venous congestive myelopathy, but the congestive myelopathy may rarely rapidly deteriorate with spontaneous thrombosis, known as Foix and Alajouanine syndrome. …
NAID 10030127412

脊髄硬膜動静脈瘻を伴わない Foix-Alajouanine 症候群の手術

伊藤昌徳,堤佐斗志,野中康臣,阿部祐介,安本幸正,大石英則,新井一
脊髄外科 : 日本脊髄外科研究会機関誌 = Spinal surgery : official journal of the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery 24(1), 134-136, 2010-06-01
NAID 10026471739

Lumbar Congestive Myelopathy Mimicking Neoplasia Without Concurrent Vascular Malformation : Case Report

TSUTSUMI Satoshi,ABE Yusuke,YASUMOTO Yukimasa,ITO Masanori
Neurologia medico-chirurgica = 神経外科 49(7), 316-319, 2009-07-15
A 78-year-old male presented with congestive myelopathy manifesting as progressive gait disturbance following conservative therapy for lumbar spinal canal stenosis, with suspected spinal cord tumor in …
NAID 10025948208

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