Hypopituitarism Secondary to Paraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm.

Author: Soo Haeng LEE ¹ ; Jae Won SONG ; Jae Yeon CHO ; Dong Suk KIM ; Young Jin RYU ; Sun Young PARK ; Sung Hee IHM
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. ihmsh@hallym.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Hypopituitarism; Carotid artery, Internal; Aneurysm
MeSH: Aneurysm*; Carotid Artery, Internal*; Cohort Studies; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypopituitarism*; Prevalence
From:Korean Journal of Medicine 2016;91(1):66-69
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Pituitary insufficiency due to a sellar aneurysm is relatively uncommon. The prevalence of this disorder was <0.2% in a large cohort of patients with panhypopituitarism. While uncommon, a vascular sellar lesion should be included as a differential diagnosis for a sellar mass resulting in hypopituitarism. We report herein a case of hypopituitarism with hyperprolactinemia secondary to a large (1.7-cm) saccular aneurysm at the left paraclinoid internal carotid artery.