A Dangerous Post-Trauma Eye

A patient develops proptosis, chemosis, and a corneal ulcer months after a head injury. Explore a rare but critical Vascular Complication.

Carotid cavernous fistula


What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient who had suffered a blunt head trauma 2 months earlier?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Acute angle-closure glaucoma
Carotid cavernous fistula
Ocular lymphoma
Periorbital cellulitis
Thyroid ophthalmopathy

Angiography, Carotid cavernous fistula, Cavernous sinus, Head trauma, Proptosis

Leave a Comment