Frontal Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting as Painful Unilateral Conjunctiva Injection

CASE PRESENTATION: Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) have a variety of clinically significant manifestations. This report details a patient who presented with unilateral conjunctiva injection, which was found to be due to an atypical manifestation of an AVM with a large draining vein mimicking carot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harkins, Andrew, Bassig-Santos, Christine, Cirone, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022
Materias:
Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35226863
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2021.10.54268
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Sumario:CASE PRESENTATION: Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) have a variety of clinically significant manifestations. This report details a patient who presented with unilateral conjunctiva injection, which was found to be due to an atypical manifestation of an AVM with a large draining vein mimicking carotid cavernous fistula. DISCUSSION: While imaging for patients presenting with eye pain and unilateral conjunctiva injection is not always warranted, emergency physicians should keep their differential diagnosis broad and pursue additional workup when warning signs of more sinister pathology present.

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