Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
Other namesFamilial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meninges
T2 weighted MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation indicated by the cursor
SpecialtyNeurology 

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis,[1] is a disease caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord.[2] In particular, most cases involve dural arteriovenous malformations that present in the lower thoracic or lumbar spinal cord. The condition is named after Charles Foix and Théophile Alajouanine who first described the condition in 1926.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Mishra R, Kaw R (May 2005). "Foix–Alajouanine syndrome: an uncommon cause of myelopathy from an anatomic variant circulation". South. Med. J. 98 (5): 567–9. doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000154409.48800.43. PMID 15954517. S2CID 41113400.
  3. ^ Krishnan, Prasad; Banerjee, TapasKumar; Saha, Manash (2013). "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". Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 16 (3): 432–436. doi:10.4103/0972-2327.116931. PMC 3788302. PMID 24101838.
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