Concomitant Conus Medullaris Arteriovenous Malformation and Sacral Dural Arteriovenous Fistula of the Filum Terminale

Abstract

A patient with a spinal intradural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) at the conus medullaris concomitant with a sacral dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) of the filum terminale is reported. A 44-year-old-male presentied with bilateral leg weakness and urinary incontinence for several months. Spinal angiography demonstrated two lesions: one was spinal intradural AVM at the conus medullaris supplied by the anterior spinal artery; the other was sacral dural AVF of the filum terminale supplied by the middle sacral artery.

Although multifocal spinal cord AVMs have been reported, this is the first case report of two different types of vascular malformations coexisting in one patient. The arterial supply of the dural AVF of the filum by the middle sacral artery is also first demonstrated in the literature. The patient was treated successfully by surgical approach for both lesions in the same operation.

Keywords

spinal arteriovenous malformation dural arteriovenous fistula intradural arteriovenous malformation conus medullaris filum terminale

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