title: Arteriovenous fistula involving the inferior petroclival vein--case report.
abstract: A 68-year-old man presented with an extremely rare extracranial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) involving the inferior petroclival vein (IPCV) with retrograde venous drainage into an ophthalmic vein through the anterior condylar confluence and inferior petrosal sinus manifesting as ocular symptoms. The AVF was successfully treated by selective transvenous embolization with platinum coils. AVF involving the IPCV should be recognized as a possible extracranial lesion manifesting as clinical symptoms similar to cavernous sinus dural AVF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. sgur-y@sis.seirei.or.jp
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000098:blood supply*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*