Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in a patient with internal carotid artery stenosis following gamma knife radiosurgery for recurrent pituitary adenoma

BACKGROUND: Intracranial vascular complications following radiosurgery are extremely rare. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of stenosis in the internal carotid artery 5 years after gamma knife radiosurgery for a recurrent pituitary adenoma. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed succe...

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Autores principales: Ito, Hidemichi, Onodera, Hidetaka, Sase, Taigen, Uchida, Masashi, Morishima, Hiroyuki, Oshio, Kotaro, Shuto, Takashi, Tanaka, Yuichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Surgical Neurology International: Cerebrovascular
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.157795
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Intracranial vascular complications following radiosurgery are extremely rare. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of stenosis in the internal carotid artery 5 years after gamma knife radiosurgery for a recurrent pituitary adenoma. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed successfully with anatomical and functional improvement. CONCLUSION: These results suggested the importance of monitoring for arterial stenosis in the long-term follow-up. Moreover, this is the first case of endovascular treatment as an effective therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis due to radiotherapy.

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