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Hypopituitarism Resulting from an Intrasellar Carotid Aneurysm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

T. C. Ooi  and
N.A. Russell
T. C. Ooi*
Affiliation:
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa
N.A. Russell
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa
*
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ottawa Civic Hospital, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIY 4E9
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Abstract:

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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.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 70 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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