Spontaneous closure of a traumatic middle meningeal arterio-venous fistula.
A case is reported of a traumatic middle meningeal arteriovenous fistula, which was formed on the contralateral side to the head injury without a skull fracture and was no longer demonstrable on the repeated angiogram after 35 days without any surgical intervention. Possible mechanisms of fistula formation and its spontaneous closure are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000098:blood supply*; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous