title: Traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery treated by transarterial coil embolization--case report.
abstract: A 30-year-old woman presented with traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA) manifesting as right conjunctival chemosis, exophthalmos, and diplopia. The lesion was treated successfully by trans-arterial coil embolization using the double catheter method with balloon assist. Injury to the PPTA is relatively rare and the PPTA should be sacrificed together with the fistula during the repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kainan Hospital, Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Aichi, Japan. cbk71850@pop06.odn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyachi
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oi
authors.forename: Naohito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography