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Imaging of Vascular Disorders of the Spine and Spinal Cord

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Vascular disorders of the spine and spinal cord are often complex problems with different clinical presentations such as sudden-onset or slowly progressive paresis and pain, mostly due to venous or arterial ischemia and/or hemorrhage. Clinical neuroradiology plays an important role in establishing a timely diagnosis and considering an efficient endovascular treatment. The differential encompasses inflammatory diseases, and radiological techniques such as MRI, CTA, and catheter angiography are useful for diagnosis and planning treatment. In this chapter, we will briefly overview common clinical presentations of patients with spinal vascular problems after reviewing the normal intrinsic and extrinsic vascularization of the spine and the spinal cord and then focus on different types of vascular disorders, their differential diagnosis, and possible endovascular treatments.

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Abbreviations

ARMA:

Anterior radiculomedullary artery (radiculomedullary artery)

ARMV:

Anterior radiculomedullary vein

ASA:

Anterior spinal artery

ASV:

Anterior spinal vein

AVF:

Arteriovenous fistula

AVM:

Arteriovenous malformation

CBCTA:

Cone-beam computed tomography angiography

CMs:

Cavernous malformations

CTA:

Computed tomography angiography

DSA:

Digital subtraction angiography

DWI:

Diffusion-weighted imaging

MRA:

Magnetic resonance angiography

PRMA:

Posterior radiculomedullary artery (radiculopial artery)

PRMV:

Posterior radiculomedullary vein

PSA/PLSA:

Posterior/posterolateral spinal artery

PSV:

Posterior spinal vein

SCI:

Spinal cord infarction

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Civan Islak & Naci Kocer

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Centre (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Frederik Barkhof

  2. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and University College Hospital (UCH), UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK

    Hans Rolf Jäger

  3. Section of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, University Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Majda M. Thurnher

  4. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Professor of Radiology and Neuroimmunology, Autonomous University of Barcelona Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain

    Àlex Rovira

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  1. Neuroradiology Department, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Mario Muto

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Islak, C., Kocer, N. (2019). Imaging of Vascular Disorders of the Spine and Spinal Cord. In: Barkhof, F., Jäger, H., Thurnher, M., Rovira, À. (eds) Clinical Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68536-6_42

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