Endoscopic Extracapsular Removal of Pituitary Adenoma: The Importance of Pretreatment of an Adjacent Unruptured Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm

The presence of an intracranial aneurysm together with a pituitary adenoma presents tremendous risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage, during transsphenoidal surgery, particularly when the aneurysm lies near the operative field. A left supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm and a clinically nonfunct...

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Main Authors: So Yamada, Shoko M. Yamada, Toshio Hirohata, Yudo Ishii, Katsumi Hoya, Mineko Murakami, Akira Matsuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/891847
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