Coexistence of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and pituitary apoplexy: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 478-482

  Laidlaw, John D ^a,b   Tress, Brian ^b   Gonzales, Michael F ^a   Wray, Alison C ^a   Ng, Wai Hoe ^a   O'Brien, Jennifer M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Apoplexy; Macroadenoma; Pituitary tumour; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0037696036     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00323-5     Document Type: Article

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