Primary pituitary abscess: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-346

  Sugimoto, Shingo ^a   Kondo, Hiroaki ^a   Yamada, Hiromu ^b  

^a Hashima Shimin Hospital

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRI; Pituitary abscess; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029942492     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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