Endovascular treatment of a congenital dural caroticocavernous fistula.
Carotico-cavernous sinus fistula is a rare anomaly in infancy. We report a 3-month-old boy with progressive symptoms and threatened visual loss requiring urgent therapeutic intervention. Embolization using n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate was performed with immediate and dramatic results.
Albayram
Sait
S
Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, 34300 Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Selcuk
Hakan
H
Ulus
Sila
S
Selcuk
Dogan
D
Kocer
Naci
N
Islak
Civan
C
D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004659:Enbucrilate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D004659:Enbucrilate