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Raymond's syndrome following petrosal sinus sampling

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Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) is used to evaluate the pituitary-dependency of Cushing's disease, and to predict the laterality of a microadenoma prior to transsphenoidal operation. A serious complication occured in a 14-year-old boy: he suffered brain stem ischaemia with abducens nerve palsy and hemiparesis (Raymond's syndrome). The case prompted us to reconsider the indication for this investigation.

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  1. H. Seyer

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Honegger, W. Schott & R. Fahlbusch

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Küchle

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. J. Huk

  4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    H. Frisch

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Seyer, H., Honegger, J., Schott, W. et al. Raymond's syndrome following petrosal sinus sampling. Acta neurochir 131, 157–159 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401467

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