TY - JOUR
T1 - Classification, angioarchitecture and treatment outcomes of medullary bridging vein-draining dural arteriovenous fistulas in the foramen magnum region
T2 - a multicenter study
AU - Ozaki, Tomohiko
AU - Hiramatsu, Masafumi
AU - Nakamura, Hajime
AU - Niimi, Yasunari
AU - Tanoue, Shuichi
AU - Mizutani, Katsuhiro
AU - Nakahara, Ichiro
AU - Matsumaru, Yuji
AU - Matsumoto, Yasushi
AU - Krings, Timo
AU - Fujinaka, Toshiyuki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Purpose: This study aimed to classify medullary bridging vein-draining dural arteriovenous fistulas (MBV-DAVFs) located around the foramen magnum (FM) according to their location and characterize their angioarchitecture and treatment outcomes. Methods: Patients with MBV-DAVFs diagnosed between January 2013 and October 2022 were included. MBV-DAVFs were classified into four groups. Jugular vein-bridging vein (JV-BV) DAVF: located in proximity to jugular fossa, Anterior condylar vein (ACV)-BV DAVF: proximity to anterior condylar canal, Marginal sinus (MS)-BV DAVF: lateral surface of FM and Suboccipital cavernous sinus (SCS)-BV DAVF: proximity to dural penetration of vertebral artery. Results: Twenty patients were included, three JV-BV, four ACV-BV, three MS-BV and ten SCS-BV DAVFs, respectively. All groups showed male predominance. There were significant differences in main feeders between JV (jugular branch of ascending pharyngeal artery) and SCS group (C1 dural branch). Pial feeders from anterior spinal artery (ASA) or lateral spinal artery (LSA) were visualized in four SCS and one MS group. Drainage pattern did not differ between groups. Transarterial embolization (TAE) was performed in three, two, one and two cases and complete obliteration was obtained in 100%, 50%, 100% and 0% in JV, ACS, MS and SCS group, respectively. Successful interventions without major complications were finally obtained in 100%, 75%, 100%, and 40% in JV, ACS, MS and SCS group, respectively. Conclusion: JV-BV DAVFs were successfully treated using TAE alone. SCS-BV DAVFs were mainly fed by small C1 dural branches of vertebral artery often with pial feeders from ASA or LSA, and difficultly treated by TAE alone.
AB - Purpose: This study aimed to classify medullary bridging vein-draining dural arteriovenous fistulas (MBV-DAVFs) located around the foramen magnum (FM) according to their location and characterize their angioarchitecture and treatment outcomes. Methods: Patients with MBV-DAVFs diagnosed between January 2013 and October 2022 were included. MBV-DAVFs were classified into four groups. Jugular vein-bridging vein (JV-BV) DAVF: located in proximity to jugular fossa, Anterior condylar vein (ACV)-BV DAVF: proximity to anterior condylar canal, Marginal sinus (MS)-BV DAVF: lateral surface of FM and Suboccipital cavernous sinus (SCS)-BV DAVF: proximity to dural penetration of vertebral artery. Results: Twenty patients were included, three JV-BV, four ACV-BV, three MS-BV and ten SCS-BV DAVFs, respectively. All groups showed male predominance. There were significant differences in main feeders between JV (jugular branch of ascending pharyngeal artery) and SCS group (C1 dural branch). Pial feeders from anterior spinal artery (ASA) or lateral spinal artery (LSA) were visualized in four SCS and one MS group. Drainage pattern did not differ between groups. Transarterial embolization (TAE) was performed in three, two, one and two cases and complete obliteration was obtained in 100%, 50%, 100% and 0% in JV, ACS, MS and SCS group, respectively. Successful interventions without major complications were finally obtained in 100%, 75%, 100%, and 40% in JV, ACS, MS and SCS group, respectively. Conclusion: JV-BV DAVFs were successfully treated using TAE alone. SCS-BV DAVFs were mainly fed by small C1 dural branches of vertebral artery often with pial feeders from ASA or LSA, and difficultly treated by TAE alone.
KW - Bridging vein
KW - Dural arteriovenous fistula
KW - Foramen Magnum
KW - Surgical obliteration
KW - Transarterial embolization
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U2 - 10.1007/s00234-024-03478-w
DO - 10.1007/s00234-024-03478-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 39395048
AN - SCOPUS:85206640518
SN - 0028-3940
JO - Neuroradiology
JF - Neuroradiology
ER -