Incidental ethmoidal dural arteriovenous fistula coexisting with a pituitary adenoma exacerbating post-transsphenoidal epistaxis

Keisuke Yoshida, Raita Fukaya, Masahito Fukuchi, Yoshihiko Hiraga, Shinya Ichimura, Koji Fuji

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Abstract

A 64 year-old man with pituitary adenoma developed massive epistaxis after an uneventful endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Angiography showed extravasation from the sphenopalatine artery, to which embolisation was performed. An incidentally coexisting ethmoidal dural arteriovenous fistula supplied by the ophthalmic artery aberrantly originated from the middle meningeal artery caused increased haemorrhage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)681-683
Number of pages3
JournalBritish Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume33
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Nov 2

Keywords

  • Ethmoidal dural arteriovenous fistula
  • endovascular embolisation
  • pituitary adenoma
  • post-transsphenoidal epistaxis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

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