There are multiple treatment alternatives for cavernous dAVFs, with transvenous routes being most common. Among these routes, occluded inferior petrosal sinus is well-described, and, apart from being imaginative and elegant, it is also safe and effective. Herein we describe the application of this method to reach the fistulous pouch of a cavernous dAVF via an occluded superior petrosal sinus.
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