Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature

We report a clinical case of spontaneous bilateral carotid-cavernous fistulas. Bilateral pulsatile exophthalmos and symmetric cavernous sinuses detected by CT scan helped to suspect the diagnosis. Arteriography confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent embolization with favorable neurologic and...

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Autor principal: Belhachmi, Adil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819512
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.91.8594
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description We report a clinical case of spontaneous bilateral carotid-cavernous fistulas. Bilateral pulsatile exophthalmos and symmetric cavernous sinuses detected by CT scan helped to suspect the diagnosis. Arteriography confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent embolization with favorable neurologic and ophthalmic evolution. Carotid-cavernous fistula is a rare but severe complication associated with a poor functional (blindness) and vital (meningeal and intracerebral hemorrhage) prognosis. The concomitant use of arteriography and embolization has considerably improved the prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-55546562017-08-17 Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature Belhachmi, Adil Pan Afr Med J Case Report We report a clinical case of spontaneous bilateral carotid-cavernous fistulas. Bilateral pulsatile exophthalmos and symmetric cavernous sinuses detected by CT scan helped to suspect the diagnosis. Arteriography confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent embolization with favorable neurologic and ophthalmic evolution. Carotid-cavernous fistula is a rare but severe complication associated with a poor functional (blindness) and vital (meningeal and intracerebral hemorrhage) prognosis. The concomitant use of arteriography and embolization has considerably improved the prognosis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5554656/ /pubmed/28819512 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.91.8594 Text en © Adil Belhachmi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title_full Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title_fullStr Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title_full_unstemmed Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title_short Fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
title_sort fistules carotido-caverneuses bilatérales spontanées: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28819512
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.91.8594
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