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Spontaneous thrombosis of a traumatic cavernous sinus fistula
I Reider-Grosswasser1, A Loewenstein, D D Gaton
1Department of Radiology, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Brain Injury
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
Post-traumatic thrombosis of cavernous sinus and orbital veins has been reported in conjunction with carotid-cavernous sinus fistula (CCSF). CCSF are abnormal communications between the carotid artery and the cavernous sinus. Spontaneous thrombosis of a CCSF is a rare event mainly seen in the indirect (dural) type of fistula. We report on a patient with a possible post-traumatic CSSF which underwent partial spontaneous thrombosis and presented with an extreme degree of proptosis.