Non-neoplastic cystic lesions of the sellar region. Presentation, diagnosis and management of eight cases and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-398

  Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Kanaan, I ^a   Homsi, M Al ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Imaging; Sellar region non neoplastic cysts; Transsphenoidal transcranial surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032928668     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050315     Document Type: Article

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