He Wenbo, Xu Chongxi, Zheng Datong, Jie Danyang, Xu Jianguo, Zheng Songping
Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Oncol. 2024 May 24;14:1341688. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1341688. eCollection 2024.
Pituitary adenomas and intracranial aneurysms are prevalent neurosurgical conditions, but their simultaneous presence is uncommon, affecting only 0.5%-7.4% of those with pituitary adenomas. The strategy of treating aneurysms endovascularly before removing pituitary adenomas is widely adopted, yet reports on addressing both conditions at once through an endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) are scarce. We present a case involving a pituitary adenoma coupled with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Utilizing the EEA, we excised the adenoma and clipped the aneurysm concurrently. The patient recovered well post-surgery, with follow-up assessments confirming the successful resolution of both the adenoma and aneurysm. We proved the feasibility of the EEA in the treatment of pituitary adenomas with anterior communicating artery aneurysms under specific anatomical relationships and close intraoperative monitoring.
垂体腺瘤和颅内动脉瘤是常见的神经外科疾病,但它们同时存在的情况并不常见,仅影响0.5%-7.4%的垂体腺瘤患者。在切除垂体腺瘤之前采用血管内治疗动脉瘤的策略被广泛采用,但通过鼻内镜鼻内入路(EEA)一次性处理这两种情况的报道却很少。我们报告一例涉及垂体腺瘤合并前交通动脉瘤的病例。我们利用EEA同时切除了腺瘤并夹闭了动脉瘤。患者术后恢复良好,随访评估证实腺瘤和动脉瘤均成功治愈。我们证明了在特定解剖关系和术中密切监测下,EEA治疗合并前交通动脉瘤的垂体腺瘤的可行性。