Primary sellar haemorragic melanoma: Case report and review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-83

  Aubin, M J ^a   Hardy, J ^a   Comtois, R ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Pituitary neoplasm; Sellar mass

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL TUMOR;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030611031     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746771     Document Type: Article

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