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01-12-2006 | CASE REPORT

Fatal Peritoneal Bleeding Following Embolization of a Carotid-Cavernous Fistula in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV

Authors: Jurgita Usinskiene, Mikael Mazighi, Annouk Bisdorff, Emmanuel Houdart

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2006

Abstract

We report the case of a 25-year-old woman treated for a spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula in a context of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. Embolization with a transvenous approach was achieved without complications; however, the patient died 72 hr later of massive intraperitoneal bleeding. At autopsy, no lesion of the digestive arteries was identified. Possible causes of this bleeding are discussed.

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Title: Fatal Peritoneal Bleeding Following Embolization of a Carotid-Cavernous Fistula in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV
Authors: Jurgita Usinskiene
Mikael Mazighi
Annouk Bisdorff
Emmanuel Houdart
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2006
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0331-6

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Fatal Peritoneal Bleeding Following Embolization of a Carotid-Cavernous Fistula in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV

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