Direct sac puncture and N-butyl cyanoacrylate embolization of medial canthal arteriovenous malformation supplied by the external carotid artery and the internal carotid artery branches

Australas Radiol. 2006 Aug;50(4):389-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01608.x.

Abstract

We report a periorbital arteriovenous fistula that was treated with direct sac puncture N-butyl cyanoacrylate embolization under controlled inflow and outflow. The efficacy of this technique in a periorbital lesion is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
  • Carotid Artery, External / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cyanoacrylates / therapeutic use
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orbit / blood supply*
  • Punctures

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates