Internal carotid artery dissection associated with pituitary apoplexy: MR findings.
Pituitary apoplexy almost invariably occurs following hemorrhage into a pituitary neoplasm. We report a case in which pituitary apoplexy occurred in the setting of, and probably secondary to, dissection of the internal carotid artery.
Provenzale
J M
JM
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Hacein-Bey
L
L
Taveras
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010899:Pituitary Apoplexy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology