Evaluation of Spinal Vascular Malformations Using 64-Slice CT-Angiography

Abstract

Spinal vascular malformations are rare but they pose a great risk of disability for patients. Although spinal DSA is the gold standard in the diagnostic evaluation of these vascular anomalies, it is an invasive, technically complicated and time-consuming method. The purpose of this report is to add to the knowledge of CT angiography as a non-invasive method that may become an alternative diagnostic tool in the imaging of spinal vascular anomalies.