Acta Med. 2017, 60: 89-92

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.100

A Case of Pseudoaneurysm of the Internal Carotid Artery Following Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: Endovascular Treatment with Flow-Diverting Stent Implantation

Ali Karadaga, Burak Kinalia, Omer Ugurb, Ismail Oranc, Erik H. Middlebrooksd, Mehmet Senoglua

aDepartment of Neurosurgery, Saglik Bilimleri University, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
bDepartment of Otolaryngology, Saglik Bilimleri University, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
cEge University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Izmir, Turkey
dDepartment of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Received November 5, 2016
Accepted April 28, 2017

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