[The case of arteriovenous malformation in midbrain in patient with vision disorders].

The authors present a case of 39 years old male who was admitted to the hospital with non-specific vision disorders. The clinical features and radiological examination have led to the diagnosis of arteriovenosum malformation in midbrain. In case of that patient it is worth noticing the difference between the size and location of malformation and its clinical symptoms.

[Posttraumatic carotid-cavernous fistula: diagnosis and treatment--exemplified by a patient with a fistula following a blunt head injury].

Carotid-cavernous fistula is a rare posttraumatic complication. The authors described the patient in which a blunt cranial injury caused the carotid-cavernous fistula. In diagnosing the fistula Doppler examination proved very helpful.

[Surgical treatment of meningiomas of medial part of sphenoid ala and en-plaque meningiomas of perisellar area].

The authors present some clinical aspects of their own experience in the operative treatment of clinoidal and en-plaque suprasellar meningiomas which account for 5.6% of all intracranial meningiomas in Department of Neurosurgery treated in the years 1987-93. Visual loss was the first symptom of disease.

[Embolization of carotid-cavernous fistulae. Technique and results of surgery].

Seventy two patients with carotid cavernous fistula (CCFs) were managed at our hospital during fifteen year period. Transarterial treatment of CCFs using the detachable balloon technique was performed in all patients resulting in clinical and angiographic cure in 68 patients. Fatal outcome in two patients.