[Anastomoses between the meningeal arteries and the cavernous sinus: the clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment]. / Soust'ia mezhdu meningeal'nymi arteriiami i kavernoznym sinusom: klinika, diagnostika, lechenie.

The findings of 106 patients with arteriosinus anastomoses formed by the meningeal arteries and cavernous sinus were analyzed. The clinical symptoms, the specific features of the course of this abnormality and the principle of its diagnosis are summarized. Based on angiographic data, 4 types of anastomoses were identified by X-ray and anatomic signs: 1) the anastomoses formed by the meningeal branches of the internal carotid and cavernous sinus (45.4%); 2) those formed by the branches of the external carotid and cavernous sinus (9.3%); 3) the branches of both the internal and external carotids are involved in anastomotic blood supply (38.1%); 4) a combination of carotid-cavernous and arteriosinus anastomoses (7.2%). According to the sources of blood supply, the patients received endovascular treatment (external carotid branch embolization, fistula balloon occlusion), radiation surgery or combined treatment. The differential approach to treating patients with arteriosinus anastomoses at the site of the cavernous sinus yielded good results in 78.9% of cases.