Intracranial intrasellar kissing carotid arteries: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 A, 2007, Pages 355-357

  Pereira Filho, Arthur De Azambuja ^a,d   Gobbato, Pedro Luís ^a   Pereira Filho, Gustavo De Azambuja ^b   Da Silva, Sandro Bertani ^c   Kraemer, Jorge Luiz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO JOSÉ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c CHSC   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Kissing carotid arteries; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL INTRASELLAR KISSING CAROTID ARTEY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 34347359731     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200034     Document Type: Article

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