Carotid cavernous fistula in CNS choriocarcinoma.
Carotid artery-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCFs) are infrequently reported in the pediatric population, and are rarely reported in conjunction with CNS neoplasms. The authors present a 7-year-old girl with CNS choriocarcinoma who acutely developed left eye proptosis and conjunctival injection. Computed tomography angiography revealed a CCF, which was endovascularly embolized with detachable coils. There may be a direct cause-and-effect relationship between choriocarcinoma and development of CCFs.
Lawton
Cynthia Tallent
CT
Medical University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Deveikis
John
J
Rumboldt
Zoran
Z
Tuite
Gerald
G
Cavalier
Maryellen
M
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy