Contrast enhanced MRI of intrasellar arachnoid cysts: Relationship between the pituitary gland and cyst

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 566-568

  Nomura, M ^a,b   Tachibana, O ^b   Hasegawa, M ^b   Kohda, Y ^b   Nakada, M ^b   Yamashima, T ^b   Yamashita, J ^b   Suzuki, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst, intrasellar; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0029846730     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00626100     Document Type: Article

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