title: [Spontaneous healing of a cavernous carotid sinus fistula caused by a gun shot injury].
abstract: We report about a 22-year-old male with a carotid cavernous fistula after gunshot injury. A few weeks later the fistula turned into an intracavernous aneurysm of the internal carotid artery. After four years the aneurysm was no longer demonstrable; the ipsilateral internal carotid artery was spontaneously obliterated. According to the literature a carotid cavernous fistula is found in 0.4% to 1.7% of all cases with head trauma. Its spontaneous cure is a rare occurrence.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014945:Wound Healing; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: Spontanheilung einer durch eine Schussverletzung verursachten Carotis-Sinus cavernosus-Fistel.