Carotid-cavernous sinus fistula and aneurysmal rupture associated with fibromuscular dysplasia. A case report

Acta Radiol. 1996 Jan;37(1):49-51. doi: 10.1177/02841851960371P110.

Abstract

A patient with carotid-cavernous sinus fistula associated with fibromuscular dysplasia, who died from rupture of an associated splenic aneurysm despite successful treatment of the CCF, is reported. When multivessel involvement with aneurysmal dilatation is observed in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia, the possibility of aneurysm ruptures in any of the arteries should be considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / etiology
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / pathology*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Angioplasty, Balloon
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / pathology*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / abnormalities*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Cavernous Sinus / abnormalities*
  • Cavernous Sinus / diagnostic imaging
  • Cavernous Sinus / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / pathology*
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Splenic Artery* / diagnostic imaging