Transsphenoidal cephaloceles in adults. A report of two cases and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-400

  Abe, Takumi ^a   Ludecke D K ^b   Wada, A ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Surgical approach; Transsphenoidal cephalocele

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC CHIASM; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL CEPHALOCELE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0034128492     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050448     Document Type: Article

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