title: Spontaneous thrombosis of a giant internal carotid aneurysm in a patient who presented with hypopituitarism.
abstract: This case report describes a 66-year-old woman who initially presented with features of hypopituitarism secondary to a giant intra-cavernous internal carotid aneurysm. She represented a year later with features suggestive of a subarachnoid haemorrhage, but repeat CT showed no change from the one performed previously. A repeat angiogram, however, showed complete spontaneous thrombosis of the aneurysm including the parent artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vafidis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed