Giant pituitary cavernous hemangioma: case report

M E Sansone; B H Liwnicz; T I Mandybur

doi:10.3171/jns.1980.53.1.0124

Giant pituitary cavernous hemangioma: case report

J Neurosurg. 1980 Jul;53(1):124-6. doi: 10.3171/jns.1980.53.1.0124.

Authors

M E Sansone, B H Liwnicz, T I Mandybur

PMID: 7411202
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1980.53.1.0124

Abstract

A large cavernous hemangioma of the pituitary was an incidental finding at the autopsy of a 72-year-old woman who died as a result of metastatic breast carbinoma. This lesion did not cause any overt clinical problems.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Hemangioma, Cavernous / etiology
Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology*
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
Pituitary Neoplasms / etiology
Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology*