Traumatic Middle Meningeal Arteriovenous Fistula:Report of 3 Cases.
- Author:
Dong Whi SHIN
1
;
Dae Hee HAHN
;
Hyun Jip KIM
;
Jin CHAE
;
Kil Soo CHOI
;
Bo Sung SIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Arteriovenous Fistula;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Hematoma;
Skull Fractures
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1975;4(1):139-142
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The traumatic middle meningeal arteriovenous fistula is a rare condition complicated from head injury and usually found incidentally by carotid angiography. A few articles reported previously showed this condition if formed due to tearing of the walls of middle meningeal vessels by skull fracture and regarded as a wonderful defence mechanism keeping from a big intracranial hematoma. We have encountered 3 cases of them, all of which were accompanied by skull fracture. On of them had a big epidural hematoma and others only small amount. We show these cases in detail with the review of literatures.
