title: [Usefulness of ultrasonography in a case of spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula: a case report].
abstract: Since spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is a dural arterio-venous fistula at the cavernous sinus, which is different from traumatic CCF and CCF associated with a ruptured aneurysm at the cavernous internal carotid artery, cerebral angiography is required in order to differentiate these condition. We here report a case of spontaneous CCF, in which a result of ultrasonographic evaluation of cervical arteries well corresponded with that of cerebral angiography. Ultrasonography showed increased blood flow and decreased pulsatility index in the ipsilateral external carotid artery, contralateral internal and external arteries, and these values in all arteries resolved within normal range after the interventional embolization. Ultrasonography is less invasive examination and can be easily performed even in outpatients for observation of spontaneous CCF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inamura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color