Cavernous sinus invasion by pituitary macroadenomas: Neuroradiological, clinical and surgical correlation

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a,c   Andrioli, Mario ^a   Goldman, Jayme ^a,b   Nery, Marcia ^a,b   Salgado, Luis ^a,b   Knoepfelmacher, Mirta ^b   Pimentel, Fernando ^a,b   Liberman, Bernardo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL BRIGADEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus invasion; Magnetic resonance image; Pituitary tumors

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROLACTINOMA;

ACROMEGALY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA;

EID: 0032011672     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1998000100017     Document Type: Article

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