Hypopituitarism Resulting from an Intrasellar Carotid Aneurysm

We report a 74 year old lady who presented with an exceedingly rare combination of an internal carotid artery aneurysm which was almost entirely intrasellar and associated with hypopituitarism but no neurological deficits. Such a lesion could be misdiagnosed as a pituitary tumour with serious conseq...

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Published in:Canadian journal of neurological sciences 1986-02, Vol.13 (1), p.70-71
Main Authors: Ooi, T. C., Russell, N.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Carotid Artery Diseases - complications
Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnosis
Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases - physiopathology
Cerebral Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hypopituitarism - etiology
Intracranial Aneurysm - complications
Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnosis
Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Aneurysm - physiopathology
Medical sciences
Nervous System - physiopathology
Neurology
Original Articles
Pituitary Neoplasms - diagnosis
Sella Turcica
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:We report a 74 year old lady who presented with an exceedingly rare combination of an internal carotid artery aneurysm which was almost entirely intrasellar and associated with hypopituitarism but no neurological deficits. Such a lesion could be misdiagnosed as a pituitary tumour with serious consequences, if surgery is attempted without prior carotid angiography.
ISSN:0317-1671
2057-0155
DOI:10.1017/S0317167100035836