Atypical presentation of coarctation of aorta mimicking a spinal vascular malformation. A case report.
Neuroradiol J
; 24(5): 787-90, 2011 Oct 31.
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ABSTRACT
Coarctation of the aorta accounts for about 8% of all congenital heart diseases. It usually presents in infancy or later in the third decade depending on its severity. It has a wide spectrum varying from an asymptomatic presentation to cardiac and extracardiac manifestations with neurological complications. Coarctation presenting as a spinal complication is extremely rare. We describe a case of coarctation detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a 40-year-old man with an uncommon presentation mimicking a spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). To our knowledge, coarctation presenting with a spinal manifestation, resembling an AVM is rare, and has not been reported to date.
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Neuroradiol J
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2011
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