Reddy K, Lesiuk H, West M, Fewer D
Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Surg Neurol. 1990 Feb;33(2):142-5. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(90)90024-j.
Although excellent results currently are being achieved with transsphenoidal surgery, life-threatening complications may occasionally result from this approach. We present a patient with carotid injury sustained during transsphenoidal surgery, who presented 6 weeks postoperatively with a large false aneurysm in the cavernous part of the right internal carotid artery. This lesion was successfully treated by trapping. The pathogenesis of this complication is discussed and the relevant literature is reviewed.
