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How near to my pituitary tumour is my carotid artery in my brain? would the coiling procedure have affected my tumour had visual disturbances since op
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Not far: The internal carotid artery is not far from the pituitary fossa and ophthalmic artery is one of the branches that comes off of it..All taking place near by to the pituitary gland.
Answered 4/2/2014
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