[Carotid-cavernous fistula with lethal epistaxis: case report].
We report the case of a 32 years old male patient with carotid-cavernous fistula caused by head injury who died from massive epistaxis. Treatment assessment of this case is faced with the literature.
Borba
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Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Cristo Redentor, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Sonda
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I
Dini
L I
LI
Calcagnotto
F N
FN
Marchett
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N
Cobalchini
P C
PC
D000328:Adult; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D017211:Treatment Failure