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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1975;4(1): 139-142. |
Traumatic Middle Meningeal Arteriovenous Fistula:Report of 3 Cases. |
Dong Whi Shin, Dae Hee Hahn, Hyun Jip Kim, Jin Chae, Kil Soo Choi, Bo Sung Sim |
Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
The traumatic middle meningeal arteriovenous fistula is a rare condition complicated from head injury and usually found incidentally by carotid angiography. A few articles reported previously showed this condition if formed due to tearing of the walls of middle meningeal vessels by skull fracture and regarded as a wonderful defence mechanism keeping from a big intracranial hematoma. We have encountered 3 cases of them, all of which were accompanied by skull fracture. On of them had a big epidural hematoma and others only small amount. We show these cases in detail with the review of literatures. |
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