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Case Report
INTERVENTIONAL

Transvenous Sonographically Guided Percutaneous Access for Treatment of an Indirect Carotid Cavernous Fistula

Turgut Berkmena, Neil A. Troffkina and Ajay K. Wakhlooa

a From the Section of Neuroendovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology, Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Address correspondence to Dr. Ajay K. Wakhloo, Section of Neuroendovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology, Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, WW279, Miami, FL 33136

Summary: When standard transarterial or transvenous interventional techniques failed to provide access to treat an indirect carotid cavernous fistula, we used sonographically guided direct percutaneous access through the facial vein to successfully embolize a lesion.




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