Direct Carotid-cavernous Sinus Fistula Due to Ruptured Intracavernous Aneurysm Treated with Electrodetachable Coils: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 681-684

  Nishio, Akimasa ^a   Nishijima, Yoshihiko ^a   Tsuruno, Takashi ^b   Murata, Takaho ^c   Hakuba, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Terakata Ikuno Hospital   (Japan)

^c Murata Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotid cavernous sinus fistula; detachable coils; interventional neuroangiography; intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032888197     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.681     Document Type: Article

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