Fatal epistaxis caused by rupture of an intratumoral aneurysm enclosed by a large prolactinoma -Case report-

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 654-656

  Imamura, Junichi ^a   Okuzono, Tatuya ^a   Okuzono, Yoshiko ^a  

^a Kanmon Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Intracavernous aneurysm; Intratumoral aneurysm; Pituitary tumor; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; PROLACTINOMA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031767292     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.654     Document Type: Article

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