Rathke's cleft cysts: Surgical-MRI correlation in 16 symptomatic cases

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-171

  Brassier, G ^c   Morandi, X ^c   Tayiar, E ^c   Riffaud, L ^c   Chabert, E ^c   Heresbach, N ^a   Poirier, J Y ^b   Carsin Nicol, B ^c  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pituitary cysts; Rathke's cleft; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033398360     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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