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The intravascular treatment of a cavernous fistula caused by rupture of a traumatic carotid trigeminal aneurysm

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The authors report the particular treatment of a traumatic cavernous fistula caused by the rupture of an exceptional lesion: a false aneurysm of the C5 segment of the right carotid artery situated at the origin of a persistent trigeminal artery.

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Flandroy, P., Lacour, P., Marsault, C. et al. The intravascular treatment of a cavernous fistula caused by rupture of a traumatic carotid trigeminal aneurysm. Neuroradiology 29, 308–311 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451777

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