Neurosarcoidosis presenting as an intrasellar pseudotumoral mass: Case report

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Chevrette, Eric ^a,b   Morissette, Lucie ^a   Gould, Peter ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Appt 514 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrasellar pseudotumoral mass; Neurosarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SARCOIDOSIS; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033387936     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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