title: Indirect carotid-cavernous fistula following minor head trauma treated with incomplete radiographic endovascular occlusion.
abstract: We report the unusual case of a patient with an indirect carotid-cavernous fistula treated with only partial angiographic embolisation of the fistula; however, by 8 weeks postembolisation, she was found to have both symptomatic and angiographic cure. This case highlights the potential for treating indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas with partial embolisation as a means of achieving angiographic and symptomatic cure by altering flow dynamics to attain spontaneous thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Stetler
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Aditya S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020216:Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis