Pearls on carotid cavernous fistulas

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); from Wijdicks text on acute neurology1.  Associations--       remote trauma      post transsphenoidal surgery      post ethmoidal surgery     post carotid surgery     Ehlers Danlos syndrome     pregnancy2.  Visual loss is due to increased intraocular pressure or reverse of flow or thrombus in superior opthalmic vein (SOV).  Balloon or coil occlusion has been reported (sometimes) to reverse blindness3.  On angiography, immediate opacification of carotid sinus is seen after carotid injection.4.Clinical findings include III n palsy, lid swelling, tortuous veins, dis edema and visual loss.var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3639768-12"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview();
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