title: Dural caroticocavernous fistula with both ophthalmic arteries arising from middle meningeal arteries.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman presented with a dural caroticocavernous fistula (CCF) in whom both by ophthalmic arteries arose from the middle meningeal arteries instead of from the internal carotid arteries. Transarterial embolisation of the CCF was contraindicated because of the risk of blindness. Transvenous coil embolisation was therefore performed. Bilateral origin of the ophthalmic artery from the middle meningeal artery is extremely rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging