Posttraumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistula–A Rare Case

Amit Dahiya; Sumit Dahiya; Suresh Kumar S; Shrikant V Rege; Gaurav Jatav; Krishna Chaitanya; Sandeep Varma

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1717218

Indian Journal of Neurotrauma, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2021; 18(02): 142-145
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717218

Case Report

Posttraumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistula–A Rare Case

Authors

Amit Dahiya

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Sumit Dahiya

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Suresh Kumar S

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Shrikant V Rege

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Gaurav Jatav

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Krishna Chaitanya

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India
Sandeep Varma

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, India

Abstract

Carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) is a specific type of dural arteriovenous (AV) fistula characterized by abnormal AV shunting within the cavernous sinus. The authors presented in this article a case of a 17-year-old young male patient who encountered a road traffic accident while driving a car, with a history of flipping of cars multiple times. The patient was unconscious with symmetrical bilateral (B/L) pupils and with Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of 3. There was no history of seizures or vomiting.

Keywords

CCF - head injury - posttraumatic pulsating proptosis - posttraumatic carotid cavernous fistula - proptosis

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