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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2017; 01(01): 053-055
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1597953
Case Report
Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Balloon Entrapment: An Unusual Complication of Detachable Balloon Embolization of Traumatic Caroticocavernous Fistula

Santhosh Kumar Kannath
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Neurointervention Center, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Jayadevan Enakshy Rajan
1   Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Neurointervention Center, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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28 July 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Traumatic caroticocavernous fistula was attempted to embolize using detachable balloons. Though the fistula could be occluded, unexpected complication was observed during the detachment of the balloon, and the fistula was later tackled using coils and liquid embolic agent. Failure analysis revealed an interesting correlation between the anatomy of sac and the course of the balloon mounted microcatheter.

Keywords

Traumatic caroticocavernous fistula - detachable balloon - balloon entrapment
 

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