Ruptured Rathke's cleft cyst: A possible cause of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Macaulay, R J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cavernous sinus; lymphocytic hypophysitis; Rathke's cleft cyst; Tolosa Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOLOSA HUNT SYNDROME;

ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0030934235     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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