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Table 1 Summarized characteristics of DAVFs among patients with CVST* (n = 15)

From: Clinical characteristics and outcome of dural arteriovenous fistulas secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a primary or secondary event?

Parameter

Value

Sex

 

male

9(60.00)

female

6(40.00)

Age, years (IQR)

33 (28–48)

Clinical Symptom at diagnosis of DAVFs

 

Headache

7(46.67)

Visual disturbance

7(46.67)

Pulsatile tinitus

5(33.33)

Nausea/vomiting

2 (13.33)

Ophthalmodynia

1 (6.67)

Dysarthria

1 (6.67)

Sensory disturbance

1 (6.67)

Unsteady gait

1 (6.67)

Exophthalmoses

1 (6.67)

Varicose veins in the scalp

1 (6.67)

Papilledema

9 (60.00)

Intracranial hypertension, n (%)

10 (66.67)

Location of CVST, n (%)

 

Superior sagittal sinus

10 (66.67)

Transverse sinus

10 (66.67)

Sigmoid sinus

5(33.33)

Confluence sinus

5(33.33)

Straight sinus

2 (13.33)

Jugular vein

2 (13.33)

cortical venous thrombosis

1 (6.67)

Location of DAVFs, n (%)

 

Transverse/ Sigmoid sinus

7% (46.67)

Superior sagittal sinus

6% (40.00)

Confluence of sinuses

6% (40.00)

Occipital sinus

1 (6.7)

Jugular foramen

1 (6.7)

Cognard’s classification of dAVFs, n (%)

 

Cognard 1

7 (46.67)

Cognard IIa

3 (20.00)

Cognard II b

1 (6.67)

Cognard III

1 (6.67)

Cognard IV

3 20.00)

Borden classification

 

Borden 1

7 (46.67)

Borden 1I

4 (26. 67)

Borden 1II

4 (26. 67)

Outcome at last follow-up

 

Median follow-up duration

17(8–36)

Good outcome (last mRS 0–2)

15(100)

  1. * DAVF, dural arteriovenous fistulas; CVST, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis