Multitrauma with diffuse axonal injury, temporal bone fractures and traumatic caroticocavernous fistula

Case contributed by Heather Pascoe , 30 May 2015
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Heather Pascoe, 25 Feb 2018

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:
  • Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection:

    • Right: small intraluminal flaps in the distal lacerum / ascending cavernous segment, horizontal cavernous segment / anterior genu, and supraclinoid segment.
    • Probable left caroticocavernous fistulaLeft: diffusely narrowed petrous temporal segment, large flap and intraluminal filling defects (probably thrombus) throughout the distal lacerum / ascending cavernous segments.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

DSA was performed given the findings on CTA. This demonstrated a traumatic left caroticocavernous fistula and a large left ICA pseudoaneurysm.

Small traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the right cavernous ICA and carotid cave were also demonstrated (not shown).

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