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Transcavernous Approach to the Anteromedial Triangle for Residual Functional Pituitary Adenoma

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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1727119

Surgical treatment of functional pituitary adenomas is as rule performed by transsphenoidal approach. However, when then lesion invades the parasellar structures and the cavernous sinus, the transsphenoidal removal of these adenomas is usually incomplete. In this video, we present the technical nuances of a transcavernous approach to the anterio-medial triangle for the resection of a residual functional pituitary adenoma. The patient is a 40-year-old male who was diagnosed with growth hormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma. He underwent two transsphenoidal resections in 2013 and 2016 with a small residue in the left cavernous sinus. Subsequently, due to a failure of biochemical remission despite medical management, a transcranial transcavernous surgery was performed. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass in the roof of the left cavernous sinus, located at the level of the anteromedial triangle, adherent to the clinoidal segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA). The computed tomographic scan showed an osteolysis of the inferior surface of the anterior clinoidal process. After performing an extended pterional craniotomy and an extradural clinoidectomy, the cleavage plane is extended between the temporal dura and the inner layer of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus. Intraoperative Doppler and stimulation are used to localize the clinoidal segment of the ICA and the third cranial nerve, delimiting the anteromedial triangle. The lesion is progressively dissected and removed. An optic neuropexy with the previously harvested fat is performed in case of a complementary radio surgical treatment. The patient had an uneventful postoper ative course and showed a biochemical remission at the 3-month follow-up.The link to the video can be found at: https://youtu.be/oHfugVtU-Nc.
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