Spontaneous Non-Traumatic Bilateral Carotid Cavernous Fistula Type D

Ali AA, Alomairah HA and Be

Abstract

Aim: To help establishing a correct diagnosis of carotid cavernous fistula and appropriate management.Carotid cavernous fistulas are usually accounted and caused by trauma. However, nontraumatic (spontaneous)carotid cavernous fistulas are uncommonly mentioned in the literature. Here, we are presenting a 59 years oldgentleman known to have hypertension presented with binocular redness diagnosed as carotid cavernous fistulatype D by Magnetic resonance angiogram and was successfully treated by coiling.