Publications by authors named "Aldo G Eguiluz-Melendez"
Surgical treatment of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors with coexisting intracranial lesions: A case series and review of the literature.
Surg Neurol Int
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are non-cancerous tumors in the brain that can occur alongside other brain problems, like meningiomas and aneurysms, but we don’t fully understand why this happens or how best to treat it.
- A study looked at 12 patients who had surgery for PitNET and these other brain issues over 15 years to learn more about their treatment and recovery.
- The results showed that most of the time, doctors could treat both the PitNET and the other issue in one operation, and it highlighted that treatment should be customized for each patient due to their unique situations.
Background: Postsurgical spinal infections are a severe complication and a challenge to the neurosurgeon due to their complex management. Revision surgeries and the removal of hardware are usually necessary. Recently, advances in nuclear medicine have made it possible to employ radiotracers to identify infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndoscopic Endonasal Transpterygoid Approach for the Resection of a Meckel's Cave Trigeminal Schwannoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)
October 2023
Background: Advancements in endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEAs) allow the treatment of a wide variety of diseases including vascular pathology.
Case Description: A 56-year-old woman presented with thunderclap headache due to two aneurysms: Communicating segment of left internal carotid artery (ICA) and medial paraclinoid (Baramii IIIB). The ICA aneurysm was clipped through a conventional transcranial approach; the paraclinoid aneurysm was successfully clipped using an EEA guided with roadmapping assistance.
Background: Surgical resection remains the standard treatment for most giant pituitary adenomas (GPAs). The selected surgical approach for these complex lesions depends mainly on their extension. Single approaches may be limited in some cases presenting with invasion into multiple compartments, thereby limiting extent of resection.
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