Symptomatic granular cell tumor of the pituitary gland: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 166-171

  Schaller, Bernhard ^a   Kirsch, Eberhard ^a   Tolnay, Markus ^a   Mindermann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choristoma; Granular cell tumor; Pituitary gland; Radiation therapy; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; VERTIGO; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031937709     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00036     Document Type: Article

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