Intracranial intrasellar kissing carotid arteries: case report.

Autor: Pereira Filho Ade A; Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. arthurpereirafilho@gmail.com, Gobbato PL, Pereira Filho Gde A, Silva SB, Kraemer JL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2007 Jun; Vol. 65 (2A), pp. 355-7.
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000200034
Abstrakt: Intracranial "kissing" carotid arteries are a rare variant of the carotid arteries, where both internal carotid arteries deviate medially and touch each other near the midline within the sphenoid sinus or the sphenoid bone, including the sella. This anomaly is particularly important since it may cause or mimic pituitary disease and also may complicate transsphenoidal surgery. We report a rare case of intracranial intrasellar kissing carotid arteries in a 57-years-old woman that was submitted to a computed tomography angiography during investigation of a sudden headache, and to discuss the clinical relevance of this radiological finding.
Databáze: MEDLINE