Granular cell tumor of the pituitary stalk

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-147

  Nishio, Shunji ^a,b   Takeshita, Iwao ^a   Yoshimoto, Koji ^a   Yamaguchi, Tatsumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granular cell tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurohypophysis; Pituicytoma; Pituitary stalk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031849541     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(98)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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