Abscess formation in invasive pituitary adenoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 616-619

  Jadhav, Ruturaj Narendrakumar ^a   Dahiwadkar, Hitendra Vinayak ^a   Palande, Deepak Amrit ^a  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Pituitary abscess; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PEFLOXACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031711601     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199809000-00124     Document Type: Article

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