Special features of Foix-Alajouanine syndrome (clinical course)

• Main Authors: Z. . Lu, N. V. Shuleshova, A. A. Skoromets
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University 2014-03-01
• Series: Učenye Zapiski Sankt-Peterburgskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta im. Akad. I.P. Pavlova
• Subjects: спинальные артериовенозные мальформации; синдром фуа-алажуанина; spinal arteriovenous malformations; foix-alajouanine syndrome
• Online Access: https://www.sci-notes.ru/jour/article/view/10
• ISSN: 1607-4181

The aim of the work is to improve the diagnostics of spinal AVMs. For the proper diagnosis of Foix-Alajouanine syndrome the speed of progression and the dynamics of the spinal focal neurological signs, as well as the volume of the spinal lesion should be taken into account. Evaluation of the results of additional methods of investigation: spinal MRI, spinal MR angiography, MR-tractography, etc. is also needed. Selective spinal angiography remains the optimal diagnostic method for spinal AVMs. The treatment must include anticoagulants and surgery.