Primary fibrosarcoma of the sella unrelated to previous radiation therapy

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Lopes, M Beatriz S ^a,b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^b   Winston, David C ^a,c   Vance, Mary Lee ^a   Laws Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosarcoma; Pituitary Neoplasm; Sella Turcica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0011912015     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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