Delayed cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea seven months after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 160-163

  Kudo, Hiroshi ^a   Sakagami, Yoshio ^a   Kawamura, Atsufumi ^a   Tamaki, Norihiko ^b  

^a Konan Hospital Foundation Rokko Island Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leakage; Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RHINORRHEA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034115672     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.160     Document Type: Article

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