Clinical importance of the basal cavernous sinuses and cavernous carotid arteries relative to the pituitary gland and macroadenomas: quantitative analysis of the complete anatomy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-174

  Yilmazlar, Selcuk ^a   Kocaeli, Hasan ^a   Eyigor, Ozhan ^a   Hakyemez, Bahattin ^a   Korfali, Ender ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Carotid artery; Cavernous sinus; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary gland; Skull base; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 47149087044     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.06.094     Document Type: Article

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