title: Acute carotid-cavernous fistula with retained knife blade after transorbital stab wound.
abstract: A patient who sustained an acute carotid-cavernous fistula due to a stab wound is presented. The management problems related to acute intracranial-penetrating injuries are discussed, with particular reference to vascular injury.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*