[Orbital approach for treatment of carotid-cavernous sinus fistula].
METHODS
A male patient with a left carotid-cavernous sinus fistula (CCSF) and two previous attempts of embolization via the femoral vein was treated with embolization through the superior ophthalmic vein (SOV).


CONCLUSIONS
The main modality of treatment for CCSF is intervention radiology. This aims to occlude the fistula via an arterial route, through the cavernous sinus, or via a venous route, through the inferior petrosus sinus. However, the CCSF is also accessible through the SOV.
Mesa
J C
JC
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. jcarlosmesa@mixmail.com
Mascaró
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F
Muñoz
S
S
Prat
J
J
Arruga
J
J
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014680:Veins