Unruptured medial paraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm embedded within symptomatic nonfunctioning pituitary giant adenoma: A high-risk comorbid pathology in transsphenoidal surgery and its countermeasures

Background: Injury of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in the cavernous portion is one of the most critical complications of transsphenoidal surgery (TSS), especially in cases of coexistence with a pituitary adenoma (PA) and ICA aneurysm. Case description: We present a rare case of unruptured media...

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Main Authors: Taiki Saito, M.D., Yuichiro Yoneoka, M.D., Ph.D., Jun Watanabe, M.D., Bumpei Kikuchi, M.D., Ph.D., Hitoshi Hasegawa, M.D., Ph.D., Yukihiko Fujii, M.D., Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917301834