Atypical Rathke's cleft cyst associated with ossification

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1287-1289

  Nakasu, Yoko ^a   Nakasu, Satoshi ^b   Nakajima, Masayuki ^b   Itoh, Ryuta ^b   Matsuda, Masayuki ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; RATHKE CLEFT CYST;

ADULT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032767748     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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