BRIEF REPORT
Year : 2007 | Volume
: 55 | Issue : 4 | Page : 310--312
Clinical spectrum of spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula
Jayanta Kr Das, Jnanankar Medhi, Pankaj Bhattacharya, Nilutpol Borah, Kasturi Bhattacharjee, Ganesh C Kuri, Hemlata Deka, Biraj J Goswami Dept of Oculoplasty, Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, India
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Jayanta Kr Das Associate Consultant, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati - 781028 India
A carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is an abnormal communication between the cavernous sinus and the carotid arterial system. A CCF is divided into two categories, direct and indirect. Direct fistulas usually account for 70 to 90% of all CCF. Spontaneous, low-flow fistulas are usually associated with atherosclerosis, hypertension and collagen vascular disease or may develop in females during peripartum period. The elderly age group, especially women are at increased risk. We report three cases of spontaneous CCF presenting with ocular manifestations and hypertension, without any collagen vascular disease. One case was a direct variety and the other two were of indirect variety.
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Das JK, Medhi J, Bhattacharya P, Borah N, Bhattacharjee K, Kuri GC, Deka H, Goswami BJ. Clinical spectrum of spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula.Indian J Ophthalmol 2007;55:310-312
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Das JK, Medhi J, Bhattacharya P, Borah N, Bhattacharjee K, Kuri GC, Deka H, Goswami BJ. Clinical spectrum of spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2007 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];55:310-312
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