The case of low symptoms carotid cavernous fistula

Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med. 2001:56:451-6.

Abstract

The authors describe the case of a patient with posttraumatic carotid cavernous sinus fistula with a complex of low clinical syndromes. Attention was drawn to oligosymptomatic fistula causing diagnostic difficulties in maxillofacial surgery practice. The study presents diagnostic and treatment methods and their results.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography