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Failed endovascular therapy for acute internal carotid artery occlusion from pituitary apoplexy: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Large pituitary adenomas can rarely cause compression of the cavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) due to chronic tumor compression or invasion. Here, the authors present a case of pituitary apoplexy causing acute bilateral ICA occlusion with resultant stroke. Our middle-aged patient p...

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Autores principales: Elsehety, Marwah A., Zeineddine, Hussein A., Barreto, Andrew D., Blackburn, Spiros L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35855185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE21370