Pituitary necrosis and vasospasm following removal of craniopharyngioma

Linda Ratanaprasatporn; Heather Spader, MD; Jonathan Grossberg, MD; Petra Klinge, MD

doi:10.1016/j.inat.2014.10.004

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Mar 2015)

Pituitary necrosis and vasospasm following removal of craniopharyngioma

Linda Ratanaprasatporn,
Heather Spader, MD,
Jonathan Grossberg, MD,
Petra Klinge, MD

Affiliations

Linda Ratanaprasatporn: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St., Providence RI 02903
Heather Spader, MD: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St., Providence RI 02903
Jonathan Grossberg, MD: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St., Providence RI 02903
Petra Klinge, MD: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St., Providence RI 02903

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2014.10.004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 26 – 28

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We report a case of vasospasm complicating delayed pituitary necrosis after craniopharyngioma resection in an 18-year old female. This is the first reported case that utilizes aggressive blood pressure management, fluid optimization, and rheologic doses of mannitol to successfully treat severe symptomatic vasospasm.

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/interdisciplinary-neurosurgery/

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