A giant intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm embedded in pituitary macroadenoma presenting with pituitary apoplexy

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 142-144

  Chi, Cheng Chuang ^a   Yao, Liang Chen ^a   Ping, Ching Pai ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADENOMA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30944460665     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090450     Document Type: Article

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