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Vertebral arteriovenous fistula caused by angiography catheter: case report
H Z Gökalp1, N Egemen, M Ustün
1Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Avicenna Hospital, Turkey.
Acta Neurochirurgica
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of vertebral arteriovenous fistula (VAF) caused by an angiographic catheter during coronary angiography in a 30-year-old female is presented. The patient complained about a roaring noise in her left ear. Preoperative and postoperative angiographic verification of the lesion is presented. The patient was treated by a direct surgical trapping of the vertebral artery (VA) proximal and distal to the fistula.