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A 60-year-old woman presented with a dural caroticocavernous fistula (CCF) in whom both by ophthalmic arteries arose from the middle meningeal arteries instead of from the internal carotid arteries. Transarterial embolisation of the CCF was contraindicated because of the risk of blindness. Transvenous coil embolisation was therefore performed. Bilateral origin of the ophthalmic artery from the middle meningeal artery is extremely rare.
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Received: 6 November 1995 Accepted: 6 December 1995
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Watanabe, A., Hirano, K. & Ishii, R. Dural caroticocavernous fistula with both ophthalmic arteries arising from middle meningeal arteries. Neuroradiology 38, 806–808 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050353
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050353