Neuroimaging appearance of pituitary abscess complicated with close inflammatory lesions

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Takahashi, Toshio ^a   Shibata, Seiko ^a   Ito, Katsuhiro ^a   Ito, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Masahiko ^a   Suzuki, Shigeharu ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SINUSITIS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031938093     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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