Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Fistula, Education, Ultrasound, CT, Catheter arteriography, Interventional vascular, Head and neck, Arteries / Aorta
Authors:
S. M. Constantin1, M. Ionescu2, F. Antochi2, G. Iana2; 1Bucuresti/RO, 2Bucharest/RO
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1201
Conclusion
CCFs represent a rare and serious disorder that may determine grave consequences,
therefore we consider that young radiologists should be informed about all the imaging methods helpful for the diagnosis of this disease including ultrasonography.
This technique represents a safe and fast method that is well suited for the diagnosis,
postinterventional outcome and further follow-up of patients as it avoids the invasive nature of methods such as angiography.
Although DSA remains the gold standard for the final evaluation and treatment of CCFs,
CDI represents a valuable imaging method for the evaluation of the topography of vascular fistulas of the orbit.
CDI and TCDI have proven to be reliable methods with specific advantages such as non-invasiveness and cost efficiency thus making them suitable tools for the management of this condition.