Intrasellar persistent trigeminal artery associated with a pituitary adenoma. Case report.
The case of a patient with Cushing's disease and a pituitary macroadenoma, who also had a persistent trigeminal artery coursing through the sella turcica on preoperative imaging studies, is presented. The patient was treated by transsphenoidal resection of the tumor.
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Department of Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed