Foix–Alajouanine_syndrome
Foix–Alajouanine syndrome
Medical condition
Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis,[1] is a disease caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord.[2] 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.[3][4]