Spontaneous carotid cavernous fistula complicating pregnancy
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Spontaneous carotid cavernous fistula complicating pregnancy.
Carotid cavernous fistula is a well-documented but rare condition in pregnancy, about which there are a limited number of reports in the literature. We report such a case in a 41-year-old woman presenting with right-sided headache, proptosis, and diplopia at 37 weeks of gestation. She was subsequently diagnosed to have carotid cavernous fistula based on angiography. Embolisation was performed i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hong Kong Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1024-2708
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj133634