Pituitary macroadenoma and diaphragma sellae meningioma: Differential diagnosis on MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-26

  Cappabianca, P ^a   Cirillo, S ^b   Alfieri, A ^a   D'Amico, A ^b   Maiuri, F ^a   Mariniello, G ^a   Caranci, F ^b   De Divitiis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningioma diaphragma sellae; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADENOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0033011665     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050698     Document Type: Article

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