title: Colour-flow Doppler imaging of a carotid-cavernous fistula.
abstract: The authors describe a case of carotid-cavernous fistula evaluated with both conventional carotid angiography and colour-flow Doppler ultrasonography. The findings in the colour-flow Doppler images correlated well with those from angiography; in addition, Doppler imaging supplied extra information about the direction and the velocity of flow. After embolization, colour-flow Doppler imaging demonstrated a marked decrease in the flow. The authors conclude that colour-flow Doppler imaging may be useful for noninvasively detecting and evaluating a carotid-cavernous fistula, as well as for monitoring the patient's progress after therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Munk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pelz
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Vellet
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nicolle
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014463:Ultrasonography