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 consequences, if surgery is attempted without prior carotid angiography.
D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology*; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012658:Sella Turcica; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed