RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Blue Rubber-Bleb Nevus Syndrome: Report of a Familial Case with a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1916
OP 1918
VO 24
IS 9
A1 Carvalho, Sílvia
A1 Barbosa, Vieira
A1 Santos, Nuno
A1 Machado, Egidio
YR 2003
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/9/1916.abstract
AB Summary: We report a case of a 45-year-old woman known to have a familial form of blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS). The patient developed severe occipital headaches and bilateral retroauricular bruits. Cerebral angiography showed a large dural arteriovenous fistula in the torcular region. Central nervous system involvement in BRBNS is not often reported, and most cases of BRBNS are sporadic.