Traumatic aneurysm and carotid-cavernous fistula following transsphenoidal approach to a pituitary adenoma: Treatment by transcranial operation

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-188

  Dolenc, Vinko V ^a,b   Lipovsek M ^c   Slokan, S ^c  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carotid cavernous fistula; Cavernous sinus; Pituitary gland; Prolactinoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; FISTULA; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032968524     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943961     Document Type: Article

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