Foix–Alajouanine syndrome

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
Other namesFamilial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meninges
T2 weighted MRI showing an arteriovenous malformation indicated by the cursor
SpecialtyNeurology 

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis, is a disease caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord. In particular, most cases involve dural arteriovenous malformations that present in the lower thoracic or lumbar spinal cord. The condition is named after Charles Foix and Théophile Alajouanine who first described the condition in 1926.

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