[Post-traumatic unilateral vision loss caused by carotid-cavernous fistula].

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Publisher: Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich Country of Publication: Poland NLM ID: 0376614 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0023-2157 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00232157 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Klin Oczna Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Warszawa : Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich
Original Publication: Warszawa, Państwowy Zakład Wydawnictw Lekarskich.

Blindness/*etiology ; Carotid Artery, Internal/*surgery ; Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula/*complications ; Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula/*surgery ; Craniocerebral Trauma/*complications; Adult ; Blindness/physiopathology ; Carotid Artery, Internal/diagnostic imaging ; Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula/diagnostic imaging ; Cerebral Angiography ; Humans ; Male ; Treatment Outcome

Purpose: We show the subject with unilateral vision loss after head trauma. The carotid-cavernous fistula was a cause of one eye blindness recognized after 2 months.
Material and Methods: 21 years old student with hard trauma of the head and brain after traffic accident. He had skull bones without optic canals bones broke. After 2 months he came to the Ophthalmology Clinic with no light perception, proptosis and swelling of conjunctiva and disturbances of motility of the left eye. We suspected a carotid-cavernous fistula as a cause of loss of light perception in this eye. The patient was sent to Neurosurgery Clinic where he had left carotid artery in the brain closed.
Results: After 8 days from the surgery he was in good physical condition but we didn't save the vision of the left eye.

Date Created: 20050827 Date Completed: 20051101 Latest Revision: 20161124

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