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Figure 12: 16-year-old patient with severe trauma to the head and progressive exophthalmos and chemosis.

a) 3D-VRT reconstruction demonstrates the extent of the fracture with only minimal displacement of the fragments.

b) Contrast-enhanced CT angiography demonstrates opacification of the cavernous sinus (short arrow) and the superior ophthalmic vein (long arrow) indicating carotid cavernous sinus fistula.

c) Coronal MIP reconstruction (maximum intensity projection, MIP) demonstrates the fistula (arrow).