A Curious Syndrome, With Signs Suggesting Cervical Arterio-Venous Fistula, and the Pulses of Neck and Arms Lost

A married woman of 33 years was admitted to hospital on November 25, 1941, complaining of attacks of faintness. She is said to have been rickety as a child and was not allowed to swim at school. After growing up she attended hospital for deafness of her left ear. A doctor -xamining her in her twenty-sixth year found no pulse at the wrist.