Cavernous carotid artery pseudo-aneurysm treated by stenting in acromegalic patient

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 459-462

  De Souza, Jorge Marcondes ^a   Domingues, Flavio S ^a   Espinosa, Gaudencio ^a   Gadelha, Monica ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Intravascular stents; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037827336     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000300025     Document Type: Article

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