Carotid cavernous fistula: embolization via a bilateral superior ophthalmic vein approach

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002 Nov-Dec;23(10):1736-8.

Abstract

We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with a complex indirect (Barrow D) carotid cavernous sinus fistula. The patient was treated incrementally and finally cured by a rarely reported bilateral retrograde direct transvenous approach via the superior ophthalmic vein. The treatment of the complex carotid cavernous fistula with multiple bilateral fistula points showed additional complexity due to a partially thrombosed left superior ophthalmic vein, which required a combined microsurgical and endovascular treatment, showing that treatment can be achieved, if necessary, by catheterization of a thrombosed orbital vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / complications
  • Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Eye / blood supply*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Phlebography
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / complications
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures
  • Veins / surgery