Central nervous system arteriovenous malformations typically present with chronic neurologic impairment. An 8-year-old boy presented with acute spinal cord infarction associated with a spinal arteriovenous malformation. Vascular steal phenomenon suggested by spinal angiography happens to underly the pathogenic mechanism. (J Child Neurol 1999;14:685-687).
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