Teaching NeuroImages: reversible pontomesencephalic edema caused by traumatic carotid cavernous fistula.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 45-year-old man presented with a painful bulging right eye and blindness 6 weeks after a motorcycle accident and traumatic brain injury. He had a complete right oculomotor nerve palsy and only perception of light. MRI revealed ipsilateral pontomesencephalic edema (figure, A and B). Catheter angiography showed a direct right carotid-cavernous fistula (figure, C). Two months after coil embolization, the ptosis, proptosis and ophthalmoplegia resolved. MRI revealed resolution of pontomesencephalic edema (figure, D). The presumed mechanism was transmission of arterialized pressures of the cavernous sinus via a bridging vein to the anterior pontomesencephalic vein, generating venous hypertension and vasogenic edema.<sup>1,2</sup>
Medical subject headings
- Brain Edema
- Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula
- Neuroimaging