Late-Onset Abducens Nerve Palsy after Endovascular Treatment for Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: Two Case Reports

Abstract

Endovascular treatment, including transarterial embolisation and transvenous embolisation, is generally considered effective for treating carotid-cavernous fistula. Immediate cranial nerve palsy following the procedure is the most common complication, but it usually resolves spontaneously. The authors report two cases of late-onset abducens nerve palsy after successful obliteration of direct carotid-cavernous fistulas, both of which required strabismus surgery.

• Abducens nerve palsy
• carotid-cavernous fistula
• transvenous embolisation

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