Misdiagnosed Spontaneous Carotid Cavernous Sinus Fistula

A 63-year-old female presented to the emergency department with worsening left-sided blurry vision and diplopia. She had previously seen several physicians and had been diagnosed with common ocular conditions – keratoconus and dry eye. However, despite treatment her symptoms were worsening. By the t...

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Autores principales: Canellas, Maureen, Cheema, Navneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6682224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404328
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42247
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description A 63-year-old female presented to the emergency department with worsening left-sided blurry vision and diplopia. She had previously seen several physicians and had been diagnosed with common ocular conditions – keratoconus and dry eye. However, despite treatment her symptoms were worsening. By the time her true underlying diagnosis was treated, she was left with permanent vision loss. This case report discusses the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of her rare condition.
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spelling pubmed-66822242019-08-09 Misdiagnosed Spontaneous Carotid Cavernous Sinus Fistula Canellas, Maureen Cheema, Navneet Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report A 63-year-old female presented to the emergency department with worsening left-sided blurry vision and diplopia. She had previously seen several physicians and had been diagnosed with common ocular conditions – keratoconus and dry eye. However, despite treatment her symptoms were worsening. By the time her true underlying diagnosis was treated, she was left with permanent vision loss. This case report discusses the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of her rare condition. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6682224/ /pubmed/31404328 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.4.42247 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Canellas et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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