Spontaneous obliteration of carotid-cavernous fistulas.
We have described a patient with a carotid-cavernous fistula filling from both ends of a torn meningohypophyseal artery, with subsequent spontaneous resolution proven by angiography. No cause for the fistulas' obliteration could be identified, and the patient continues to do well four years later.
D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged