Congestive myelopathy (Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome) due to intradural arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale fed by anterior spinal artery: Case report and review of literature

• Main Authors: Prasad Krishnan, Tapas Kumar Banerjee, Manash Saha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
• Series: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
• Subjects: Anterior spinal artery; congestive myelopathy; filum terminale; intradural arteriovenous fistula
• Online Access: http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2013;volume=16;issue=3;spage=432;epage=436;aulast=Krishnan

Spinal arteriovenous fistulas are rare entities. They often present with congestive myelopathy but are infrequently diagnosed as the cause of the patients′ symptoms. Only one such case has been described previously in Indian literature. We describe one such case who presented to us after a gap of 3 years since symptom onset and following a failed laminectomy where the cause was later diagnosed to be an intradural fistula in the filum terminale fed by the anterior spinal artery and review the available literature.