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Table 2 Clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes in 15 patients with DAVFs after CVST

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

No.

Age (yrs),

Sex

Initial Clinical

Symptoms of CVST

CVST

Location

Time from CVST

to DAVFs (mo.)

Clinical Symptom

of dAVF

Location of

DAVFs

Supplying arteries

Borden /Cognard

Treatment

Follow-Up (mo.)

Outcome

1

46, M

Headache

Lt TS

12

Headach, vomiting, blurred vision

Lt TS, Lt SiS

Bi OccA, Bi VA meningeal branches of, Bi MHT, Lt MMA

I/I

Embolization,partial

9

Good recovery

2

30, F

Amaurosis

Lt TS,CS, Lt SiS

3

Episodic amaurosis

CS, clival region

Rt OccA, Rt PAA

II/IIa

Anticoagulant therapy, partial mbolization

12

Good recovery

3

40, F

Headache, blurred vision

SSS

36

Headache, and vomiting

SSS, Lt TS, Rt TS,CS

PMA of ACA, ECA, PMA of MCA, Rt MMA, Rt MMA

I/I

Embolization,partial

36

Moderate disability

4

42, F

Headache, nausea

SSS, Lt TS,SS, Lt SiS, CS, Lt JV, Bi SCV, Rt TS

3.5

Found on routine

follow-up imaging

CS, LtTS

Rt PAA. Lt OccA, Lt PCA

I/I

Embolization

12

Good recovery

5

64, F

Headache

Bi TS, SSS

36

Headache

CS

Parietal branch of MMA

III/IV

Embolization

21

Good recovery

6

60, M

Blurred vision, metamorphopsia, headache

Rt SiS, Rt TS, CS, SSS, Lt TS

4

Headache, loss of vision, metamorphopsia

RTS, Rt SiS

Bi OccA, Bi MMA,

VA meningeal branches

II/IIa

Embolization

9

Moderate disability

7

52, M

Seizure

SSS, Rt SiS

15

Tinnitus, numbness in the back of the occiput

RJV

Rt OccA, Rt MMA, Rt AphA

II/IIa

Embolization

36

Good recovery

8

30, M

Headache

SSS

7

Tinnitus

Rt frontal CV, SSS, RtTS

Rt ACA branch, Rt MCA branch, Bi MMA, Rt branch OccA branch, Rt SCA

II/IIb

Embolization

12

Good recovery

9

59, M

Tinnitus

SSS

7

Tinnitus, metamorphopsia

CS, SSS

Bi OccA, Bi MMA branch

I/I

Embolization

12

Moderate disability

10

36, F

Headache, vomiting

SSS, Rt TS, Rt SiS

8

Headache

SSS, RtTS

Frontal pole branch of ACA, meningeal branch of anterior medial frontal branch, Lt MMA

III/IV

Embolization

24

Good recovery

11

30, M

Headache

SSS, Rt TS

12

Found on routine follow-up imaging

SSS

Lt MMA

III/III

Embolization

18

Good recovery

12

61, M

Blurred vision

Rt TS, Rt SiS

3

Blurred vision

Rt SiS

Rt OccA, Rt MMA, Bi PMA

I/I

Embolization,partial

12

Good recovery

13

62, M

Headache, dizziness

SSS, Rt TS, Rt SiS, Rt JV

8

Headache, walk unsteadily

CS

Bi OccA, Rt PAA

I/I

Embolization

8

Good recovery

14

36, F

Headache

SSS, Lt TS, Lt SiS

48

Paroxysmal headache

SSS

Rt STA, Rt MMA, Rt OccA, meningeal branch of VA

III/III

Embolization

8

Good recovery

15

23, M

Headache, blurred vision

Rt TS, Rt SiS

4

Found on routine follow-up imaging

Rt TS, Rt SiS

Rt MHT, Rt MMA, Bi OccA, Bi PMA, Bi PCA pia branches

I/I

No

24

Moderate disability

  1. DAVFs, dural arteriovenous fistulas; CVST, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; mo., month(s); yrs, years; Bi, bilateral; Lt, left; Rt, right; SSS, superior sagittal sinus; SiS, sigmoid sinus; TS, transverse sinus; SS, staight sinus; CS, confluence of sinuses; ISS, inferior sagittal sinus; JV, jugular vein; CV, cortical vein; SCV, superficial cerebral vein; AphA, ascending pharyngeal artery; MHT, meningohypophyseal trunk; OccA: occipital artery; PMA, posterior meningeal artery; VA: vertebral artery; PAA, posterior auricular artery; MMA, middle meningeal artery; STA, superficial temporal artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; SCA, superior cerebellar artery ; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; PMA, pia meningeal artery