title: Transcranial-transdural real-time ultrasonography during transsphenoidal resection of a large pituitary tumor. Case report.
abstract: Ultrasonography has been used in neurosurgical operative procedures for several decades. The authors report the case of a large pituitary tumor that was subtotally resected using endoscopy via the transnasal-transsphenoidal approach, with the aid of transcranial real-time ultrasound. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in which intraoperative transcranial-transdural real-time ultrasound was used to facilitate the resection of a skull base tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, USA. atkinson.john@mayo.edu
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kasperbauer
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Nippoldt
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004453:Echoencephalography; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial