Endovascular treatment of a congenital dural caroticocavernous fistula

Sait Albayram; Hakan Selcuk; Sila Ulus; Dogan Selcuk; Naci Kocer; Civan Islak

doi:10.1007/s00247-004-1163-2

Endovascular treatment of a congenital dural caroticocavernous fistula

Pediatr Radiol. 2004 Aug;34(8):644-8. doi: 10.1007/s00247-004-1163-2. Epub 2004 Mar 16.

Authors

Sait Albayram¹, Hakan Selcuk, Sila Ulus, Dogan Selcuk, Naci Kocer, Civan Islak

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, 34300 Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 15024526
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1163-2

Abstract

Carotico-cavernous sinus fistula is a rare anomaly in infancy. We report a 3-month-old boy with progressive symptoms and threatened visual loss requiring urgent therapeutic intervention. Embolization using n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate was performed with immediate and dramatic results.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / congenital
Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / therapy*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Enbucrilate / analogs & derivatives*
Enbucrilate / therapeutic use
Humans
Infant
Male
Tissue Adhesives / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Tissue Adhesives
Enbucrilate