A case of ectopic pituitary adenoma localized in the sphenoid sinus

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1007-1011

  Tsuboi, Masahiro ^a   Adachi, Hisashi ^b   Miyoshi, Yasuyuki ^b   Aoi, Mizuho ^b  

^a Bizen Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Intrasphenoidal tumor; MRI; Non functioning adenoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; AGED; CHORISTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0032701447     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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