Pathological findings of fusiform dilation of the internal carotid artery following radical dissection of a craniopharyngioma.
Fusiform dilation of the internal carotid artery (FDICA) after radical resection of a suprasellar craniopharyngioma has been reported. To the authors' knowledge, however, fatal conditions associated with FDICA have not been reported and pathological findings have not been obtained. The authors performed biopsy sampling of the wall of an FDICA for histopathological evaluation and found hyperplastic adventitia. This pathological result strongly supports conclusions from previous reports that FDICA has a low risk of rupture.
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. t_nagata@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Takashi
T
Nagata
Takeo
T
Goto
Tsutomu
T
Ichinose
Yutaka
Y
Mitsuhashi
Naohiro
N
Tsuyuguchi
Kenji
K
Ohata
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