Kittipong SrivatanakulDittapong SongsaengAugustin OzanneFrédérique ToulgoatPierre LasjauniasHopital de BicetreAsahi General HospitalMahidol University2018-09-132018-09-132009-05-01Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Vol.10, No.5 (2009), 436-44215475646154756542-s2.0-66449119069https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28099The authors describe 4 cases of syringomyelia-associated spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM). All cases were managed with embolization of the AVM. Treatments were aimed to stabilize the AVM itself and not directed toward the syrinx. In 3 of the 4 cases the syringomyelia resolved after treatment. Reports concerning AVM as a cause of syringomyelia is very scarce and lacks posttreatment clinical information. In light of the clinical course and imaging findings, the authors propose a theory that venous hypertension in the spinal cord is the trigger for the development of syringomyelia, which may reverse after AVM treatment.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08172