Intrasellar meningioma mimicking pituitary apoplexy: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 374-381

  Kudo, Hiroshi ^a   Takaishi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Minami, Hiroaki ^a   Takamoto, Takeshi ^a   Kitazawa, Souhei ^b   Maeda, Sakan ^b   Tamaki, Norihiko ^b  

^a Konan Hospital Foundation Rokko Island Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abducens palsy; Diplopia; Headache; Intrasellar meningioma; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030812760     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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