A case of a traumatic trigeminal-cavernous fistula occluded by coil embolization

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-282

  Matosevic, Benjamin ^a   Kiechl, Stefan ^a   Werner, Philipp ^b   Hefel, Christoph ^b   Willeit, Johann ^a   Chemelli, Andreas ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b State hospital of Feldkirch   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cavernous fistula; Coil embolization; Persistent trigeminal artery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; ORBIT; SPHENOID SINUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC TRIGEMINAL CAVERNOUS FISTULA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959689099     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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