Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas (Type I) - These malformations represent 70 percent of spinal vascular malformations and are the result of an abnormal connection forming between an artery and a ...

Posterior spinal artery aneurysms - a blood-filled swelling of the spinal cord artery, caused by a weakening and distension of the vessel wall - are rare, with only 12 cases reported to date.

Posterior spinal artery aneurysms -- a blood-filled swelling of the spinal cord artery, caused by a weakening and distension of the vessel wall -- are rare, with only 12 cases reported to date.

Surgeons were able to remove the aneurysm and the weakened section of the spinal cord artery. The teen made a full recovery and had no lasting nerve damage, the study authors noted in a journal ...

A college student who took Ecstasy was fortunate to survive a ruptured aneurysm in an artery near his spinal cord, but his case is a reminder of the dangers of using this street drug.

What Mehta found was “a small abnormal connection between the artery and the vein that goes in the spinal cord,” he said. Blood from the artery was entering the vein at higher pressure than ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Experts divide vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) into two types: ischemic and hemorrhagic conditions. Ischemic diseases occur when there’s not enough blood ...

Taking the street drug Ecstasy could lead to a potentially fatal weakening and rupture of the spinal cord artery, doctors have warned in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. Posterior ...