Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Case Report   
  An Intracranial Intrasellar Kissing Carotid Arteries: A Case Report
  Author(s): Ohud Al Zaedi*, Abdulaziz Alfaifi, Suresh Somannavar, Hayfaa Taher, Adel Saleh and Gibreil Khamis
  
  We present a rare case of intracranial intrasellar kissing carotid arteries in a 68 years-old male in Saudi Arabia. This is a rare anomaly of the carotid arteries, where both internal carotid arteries deviate medially and touch each other near the midline within the sphenoid sinus or the sphenoid bone, including the sella. This can cause compression of the pituitary gland and presents as a hormonal insufficiency. The narrowing of the space due to pituitary compression may complicate Trans shpenoidal surgery. This patient presented with generalised fatigue, weakness and weight loss. He was complaining of nausea, anorexia and weight loss. During the work up, he was submitted to pituitary MRI and found intracranial and intrasellar kissing carotid arteries. As per our plan, conservative treatment started and hormonal replacement therapy continued for the .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495-22.12.360

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