• BMJ case reports · Jun 2016

    Case Reports

    Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm after medical prolactinoma treatment.

    • Siri Sahib Khalsa, Todd C Hollon, Ravi Shastri, Jonathan D Trobe, Joseph J Gemmete, and Aditya S Pandey.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jun 8; 2016.

    AbstractAneurysms of the cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are believed to have a low risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), given the confines of the dural rings and the anterior clinoid process. The risk may be greater when the bony and dural protection has been eroded. We report a case of spontaneous SAH from rupture of a cavernous ICA aneurysm in a patient whose large prolactinoma had markedly decreased in size as the result of cabergoline treatment. After passing a balloon test occlusion, the patient underwent successful endovascular vessel deconstruction. This case suggests that an eroding skull base lesion may distort normal anterior cranial base anatomy and allow communication between the cavernous ICA and subarachnoid space. The potential for SAH due to cavernous ICA aneurysm rupture should be recognised in patients with previous pituitary or other skull base lesions adjacent to the cavernous sinus. 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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