Traumatic Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm with a Concomitant Carotid Cavernous Fistula

Traumatic Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Case Report

  • Muhammad Imran Ibrahim Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Tayyaba Nisar Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Ayesha Tanveer Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Sundus Sohail Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Rehman Khan Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Ahmed . Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Keywords: Aneurysm, Carotid-Cavernous Fistula (CCF), Internal Carotid Artery (ICA).

Abstract

Post-traumatic sphenoid sinus pseudoaneurysm arising from the cavernous segment of the internal carotid
artery (ICA) is rare, and even rarer occurrence is an associated carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF). Here we present
the case of a young male patient presenting with intractable epistaxis due to a post-traumatic sphenoid sinus
pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery and a simultaneous carotid-cavernous fistula.

How to cite this: Ibrahim MI, Nisar T, Tanveer A, Suhail S, Khan R, Ahmed. Traumatic Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm with a Concomitant Carotid Cavernous Fistula. Life and Science. 2022; 3(4): 200-202. doi: http://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.252

Published
2022-10-20
Section
Case Report