[Spontaneous healing of a carotid-cavernous sinus fistula].

Radiologe

Abteilung für Neurochirurgie, Wagner-Jauregg Krankenhaus Linz, Osterreich.

Published: May 1991

After a fall, a 67-year-old patient was admitted to our hospital. The unique clinical sign was an exophthalmus, which led to the diagnosis of carotid-cavernous sinus fistula. During his stay in our clinic the fistula was verified by CT and angiography. Transfemoral embolization was planned, but the fistula closed spontaneously prior to the intervention.

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