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Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

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These lesions comprise arteriovenous fistulas situated in the meninges and supplied partly or wholly by dural arteries. Venous drainage is to dural sinuses and/or leptomeningeal venous channels.

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Byrne, J.V. (2012). Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. In: Tutorials in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19154-1_10

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