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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar;45(3):1319-1320.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-07183-z. Epub 2023 Nov 23.

Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula

Giacomo Bertolini  1 , Giulia Capurri  2 , Roberto Menozzi  2
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Case Reports

Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula

Giacomo Bertolini et al. Neurol Sci. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

A 28-year-old woman who suffered a head injury 2 months before presented with a history of progressive right eye proptosis, ophthalmoplegia, and conjunctival injection. The radiological workup with a magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and cerebral angiography revealed a direct, high-flow, right post-traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula. An endovascular procedure was performed, and the carotid-cavernous fistula was successfully occluded with a progressive resolution of the complained symptoms.

Keywords: Carotid-cavernous fistula; Endovascular; Traumatic brain injury.

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