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Comprehensive Endovascular and Open Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Published on: October 20, 2017
[Carotido-cavernous fistula after traumatic brain injury: an unusual vascular complication]
N Gagnon1, B Debien, J Baccialone
1Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart, France. nicogagnon69@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The authors reported the case of a young man who suffered a cranial traumatism and showed neurological, ophthalmic and orbital signs with orbital bruit, cranial nerve palsy and chemosis while he was in the intensive care unit. Further examinations of imagery made it possible to highlight a high-flow carotid-cavernous fistula which was the origin of these symptoms and which was successfully treated by endovascular way. The aim of this article is to remind the reader of the characteristics of this pathology, in terms of epidemiology, physiopathology, clinical and paraclinical presentation, and therapeutic care.
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