Bilateral intracavernous carotid artery pseudoaneurysms as a result of sellar reconstruction during the transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary macroadenoma: Case report

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-48

  Crowley, R W ^a,b   Dumont, A S ^a   Jane Jr , J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Sellar reconstruction; Transsphenoidal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATAXIC APHASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; EXTUBATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IMPLANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTRACAVERNOUS CAROTID ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM; LAVAGE; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; ADENOMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449135222     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104611     Document Type: Article

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