Association between pituitary adenomas and intracranial aneurysms: An illustrative case and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-412

  Bulsara, Ketan ^a,b   Karavadia, Saumil ^a   Powers, Ciaran ^a   Paullus, Wayne ^a  

^a University Hospital and Clinics ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Pituitary tumor; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 36549068195     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.33307     Document Type: Article

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