Fatal complication after transsphenoidal surgery of pituitary adenoma: case report

• Main Authors: Conceição Aparecida Dornelas (Author), Tereza N. A. G. Nogueira (Author), Evandro T. Alves (Author), River A. B. Coêlho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to report a rare fatal complication in the postoperative period of transsphenoidal surgery of the pituitary gland (adenoma), with a brief review of the subject. The patient was a 54-year-old white man with acromegaly and severe heart failure, who after micros...