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Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Dual Aperture Cavernous Aneurysm |
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| Authors: | Philip M. Meyers MD Van V. Halbach MD Christopher F. Dowd MD Todd E. Lempert MD James E. Lefler MD Adel M. Malek M.D. PhD Constantine C. Phatouros MBBS FRACR Randall T. Higashida MD |
| Affiliation: | Department of Radiology, Neurointerventional Division, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. meyerspm@aol.com |
| Abstract: | The authors describe the diagnosis and endovascular management of a multiaperture, ruptured cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm causing a carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) using both transarterial and transvenous techniques. Although uncommon, recognition of the imaging characteristics of such a lesion will aide in successful management and improve treatment outcome. To the authors' knowledge, CCF due to a ruptured cavernous aneurysm with multiple shunts has not been previously reported. |
| Keywords: | arteriovenous fistula cavernous sinus carotid artery disease endovascular treatment |