Wakai S, Okuhata S, Nagai M, Hirata K, Saitoh T, Katayama S, Sato T
Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Br J Neurosurg. 1990;4(5):429-34. doi: 10.3109/02688699008992767.
A case with an angiographically occult arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the ventral medulla presenting with progressive motor and sensory deficits is reported. The AVM, about 1 x 1 x 0.5 cm in size, accompanied by intramedullary haematoma, was successfully removed through a small incision placed in the right ventrolateral medulla between the vagus and the hypoglossal nerves. The patient's neurological symptoms improved after surgery.