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Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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February 8, 2010
Anterior Spinal Artery Aneurysm
- Spinal subarachnoid bleed is usually vascular or tumoral in origin.
- Aneurysms of the anterior spinal artery are rare and usually associated with high flow lesions like AVMs, coarctation, vasculitis or congenital connective tissue disorders.
- High flow through the anterior spinal artery, usually associated with vascular malformations is the most common etiological cause for anterior spinal artery aneurysm.
- Treatment is based on the etiology; can be endovascular, surgical or observation.
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