Journal Information
Vol. 31. Issue 2.
Pages 98-102 (March - April 2020)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Vol. 31. Issue 2.
Pages 98-102 (March - April 2020)
Caso clínico
Congestión venosa en tronco encefálico debido a una fístula carótido-cavernosa directa: a propósito de un caso
Brainstem venous congestion due to a direct carotid-cavernous fistula: Case report
Ricardo Otiniano Sifuentesa,
Corresponding author
rijars45_4@hotmail.com

Autor para correspondencia.
, Miriam Vélez Rojasb, Martha Flores Mendozab, Luis Torres Ramírezb, Frank Solís Chucosc
a Departamento de Neurovasculares, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú
b Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú
c Departamento de Microneurocirugía, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (3)
Show moreShow less
Resumen

Paciente varón de 50 años quien tras 3 meses de un traumatismo encefalocraneano presenta proptosis, quemosis y exoftalmos en el ojo izquierdo. Posteriormente desarrolla dismetría en las extremidades izquierdas y hemiparesia derecha. Se establece el diagnóstico de fístula carótido-cavernosa (FCC) asociado a hiperintensidad de señal en FLAIR y captación difusa de contraste al nivel de la protuberancia y pedúnculo cerebeloso, de aspecto pseudotumoral. Dicho hallazgo fue compatible con congestión venosa. Sus síntomas fueron fluctuantes; comenzó con síntomas orbitarios y luego de territorio posterior con mejoría de los síntomas orbitarios. La embolización con microcoils de la FCC produjo la resolución de los síntomas oculares seguido por mejoría de los síntomas de tronco encefálico. Los hallazgos en resonancia magnética revirtieron considerablemente al año de seguimiento. Describimos un caso de FCC directa con congestión venosa en el tronco encefálico y síntomas fluctuantes con una considerable mejoría clínica e imagenológica después del tratamiento.

Palabras clave:
Fístula carótido cavernosa
Tronco encefálico
Congestión venosa
Embolización con coil
Abstract

A 50-year-old male patient who, after 3 months of cranial brain trauma, presented proptosis, chemosis and exophthalmos in the left eye. Subsequently, dysmetria develops in the left extremities and right hemiparesis. The diagnosis of carotid-cavernous fistula (FCC) associated with hyperintensity of signal in FLAIR and diffuse contrast uptake at the level of the pseudo tumoral protuberance and cerebellar peduncle was established. This finding was compatible with venous congestion. His symptoms were fluctuating, he started with orbital symptoms and then from the posterior fossa with improvement of the orbital symptoms. FCC microcoil embolization produced resolution of ocular symptoms followed by improvement of brainstem symptoms. Magnetic resonance findings significantly reversed one year of follow-up. We describe a case of direct FCC with venous congestion in the brainstem and fluctuating symptoms with a considerable clinical and imaging improvement after treatment.

Keywords:
Carotid-cavernous sinus fistula
Brainstem
Congestion venous
Coil embolization

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Neurocirugía (English edition)
Member
Member of the Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía

If it is the first time you have accessed you can obtain your credentials by contacting Elsevier Spain in suscripciones@elsevier.com or by calling our Customer Service at902 88 87 40 if you are calling from Spain or at +34 932 418 800 (from 9 to 18h., GMT + 1) if you are calling outside of Spain.

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option ¿I have forgotten my password¿.

Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Neurocirugía (English edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
Email
Idiomas
Neurocirugía (English edition)
es en

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?