Endoscopic Endonasal Transcavernous Transoculomotor Triangle Approach for the Resection of a Knosp 4 Pituitary Adenoma

Keywords

endoscopic endonasal - cavernous sinus - oculomotor triangle - pituitary adenoma

Fig. 1 Patient's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Preoperative (A, D), 2 days postoperative (B, E), and 3 months postoperative (C, F) MRIs with coronal and sagittal views showing the removal of a Knosp 4 pituitary adenoma with left cavernous sinus invasion.

Fig. 2 Intraoperative image showing the superior and lateral exposure through oculomotor triangle and the essential neurovascular structures in this area during tumor resection.

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