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S R Bitar

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Characterization of intra-arterial flow velocity within left coronary to pulmonary artery fistula.

The physiology of a coronary to pulmonary artery fistula has not been well characterized. This case report demonstrates the flow velocity pattern of a coronary fistula to the pulmonary artery which supports the hypothesized physiology that flow is predominantly continuous without a phasic pattern. The flow velocity within a coronary fistula has not been previously demonstrated.

Arterio-Arterial Fistula

Epidermoid-induced pulsating eye.

An otherwise asymptomatic 62-year-old woman had a pulsating but not proptotic eye. Computed tomography showed a low-density mass lesion in the temporal lobe that extended through a defective greater wing of the sphenoid, indented the lateral rectus muscle, and displaced the optic nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed these findings and showed no enhancement of the lesion by gadolinium. An epidermoid cyst was diagnosed on the basis of its location in the cleavage lines of the temporal lobe, irregular margins, low density by imaging scans, lack of enhancement, and invasion of the orbit. Epidermoid tumors are, therefore, another cause for a pulsating eye.

Arachnoid Cysts