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The authors report the case of a patient harbouring a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula adjacent to an intradural neurofibroma. Only the latter could be demonstrated by the diagnostic modalities employed. Such a coexistence proved misleading and two interventions were needed to cure both lesions. Only one report has appeared in the literature dealing with such a condition. The possibility of such a coexistence is stressed and mechanisms are discussed.
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Tekkök, I., Açikgöz, B., Özgen, T. et al. Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula adjacent to a spinal neurofibroma—a misleading coexistence. Case report. Spinal Cord 31, 678–683 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1993.109
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