Traumatic carotid-cavernous sinus fistula with spontaneous resolution.
A 77-year-old woman presented with unilateral ocular pain, exophthalmos, vascular tinnitus, and chemosis several weeks after a minor closed head injury. Cerebral angiography showed a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula. One week later the patients's symptoms abruptly ceased. A brief discussion of the presentation and management of these fistulas is presented.
Ferrera
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical Center, NY 12208, USA.
D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous