Fístula carotídeo cavernosa de bajo gasto: a propósito de un caso / Carotid-cavernous fistula: a case report
Medicina (Guayaquil)
; 9(4): 324-326, 2003.
Article
in Es
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RESUMEN
Paciente de 68 años, femenino, clínica 4meses de evolución con proptosis izquierda, edema bipalpebral, cefalea y dolor periocular tipo pesantez y edema hemifacial izquierdo, vértigo, tinnitus, diplopia y desequilibrio ambulatorio.Al examen oftalmológico visión borrosa, y disminuida (20/300), quemosis conjuntival moderada, tortuosidad vascular conjuntival y episcleral en forma de cabeza de medusa, y facoesclerosis moderada, endotropía ojo izquierdo (OI) que alterna con endotropía ojo derecho (OD).
ABSTRACT
A clinical case of 68 year old patient with symptoms that have been present for 4 months and include, left proptosis, both eyelids with edema, headache, periocular pain, left hemifacial edema, vertigo, tinnitus and diplopia. At the ophthalmologic exam there was blurred and decreased vision (20/300), conjunctival vascular tortuousness and an episclera in a web type form.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Carotid Artery, External
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Carotid Artery, Internal
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Cavernous Sinus
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Arteriovenous Fistula
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limits:
Aged
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medicina (Guayaquil)
Journal subject:
Cincias da Sa£de
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MEDICINA
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Pesquisa
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Sa£de P£blica
Year:
2003
Type:
Article