Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cerebellar Hemorrhage

HomeStrokeVol. 54, No. 8Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cerebellar Hemorrhage No AccessCase ReportRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessCase ReportRequest AccessFull TextCarotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Rare Cause of Cerebellar Hemorrhage Syed Daniyal Asad, Minali Nigam, John Y. Rhee, Robert W. Regenhardt, Justin E. Vranic, James D. Rabinov, Erica Camargo Faye and Scott B. Silverman Syed Daniyal AsadSyed Daniyal Asad Correspondence to: Syed Daniyal Asad, MD, Department of Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour St, Hartford, CT 06106. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-8353 Department of Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, CT (S.D.A.). , Minali NigamMinali Nigam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5247-7973 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.N., J.Y.R., E.C.F., S.B.S.). , John Y. RheeJohn Y. Rhee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-5667 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.N., J.Y.R., E.C.F., S.B.S.). , Robert W. RegenhardtRobert W. Regenhardt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2958-3484 Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (R.W.R., J.E.V., J.D.R.). , Justin E. VranicJustin E. Vranic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6000-6709 Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (R.W.R., J.E.V., J.D.R.). , James D. RabinovJames D. Rabinov Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (R.W.R., J.E.V., J.D.R.). , Erica Camargo FayeErica Camargo Faye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3722-6463 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.N., J.Y.R., E.C.F., S.B.S.). and Scott B. SilvermanScott B. Silverman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-7632 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (M.N., J.Y.R., E.C.F., S.B.S.). Originally published13 Jun 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.040816Stroke. 2023;54:e407–e411FootnotesFor Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page e411.Correspondence to: Syed Daniyal Asad, MD, Department of Neurology, Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour St, Hartford, CT 06106. Email daniyal.asad@gmail.comREFERENCES1. Barrow DL, Spector RH, Braun IF, Landman JA, Tindall SC, Tindall GT. 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