Extrapontine myelinolysis and behavioral change after transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 933-936

  Tosaka, Masahiko ^a,b   Kohga, Hideaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central pontine myelinolysis; Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyponatremia; MRI; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUTAMEN; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0031750907     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00114     Document Type: Article

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