title: Fatal hemorrhage following trans--sphenoidal resection of a pituitary adenoma: a case report and review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, Room 6215, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada. ckepron@gmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kepron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cusimano
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pollanen
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001167:Arteritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001344:Autopsy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D049912:Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome