Granulomatous hypophysitis caused by a ruptured intrasellar Rathke's cleft cyst: Report of a case and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 146-149

  Roncaroli, Federico ^a,b   Bacci, Antonella ^b   Frank, Giorgio ^b   Calbucci, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granulomatous hypophysitis; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MUCIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST RUPTURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADULT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUCINS; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031861403     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00092     Document Type: Article

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