• Tomoo Inoue, Toshiki Endo, Kenichi Sato, Ramazan Fesli, Yoshikazu Ogawa, Miki Fujimura, Yasushi Matsumoto, and Teiji Tominaga.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Kohnan Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Sendai Medical Center, Kohnan Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
• World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep 1; 129: 432-436.

BackgroundHemorrhagic presentations are rare in vertebrovertebral arteriovenous fistula (VVAVF). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient initially presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage and progressing to intramedullary hemorrhage.Case DescriptionThe authors report on a 59-year-old man with VVAVF who developed massive intramedullary hemorrhage. Twelve months before ictus, the patient presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although we recommended endovascular surgery, the patient refused treatment. Twelve months after the initial attack, the massive intramedullary hemorrhage in cervical spinal cord caused complete spinal cord injury. Emergent endovascular intervention was performed after the intramedullary hemorrhage, but there was no neurologic improvement.ConclusionsIdentification of this phenomenon is important in VVAVF because intramedullary hemorrhage dramatically degrades patient outcome. Prompt surgical intervention is mandatory for VVAVF cases presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage.Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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