Apoplexy of a pituitary macroadenoma with reversible third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies following administration of hypothalamic releasing hormones: MR features

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Riedl, Michaela ^a   Clodi, Martin ^a   Kotzmann, Harald ^a   Hainfellner, Johann A ^a   Schima, Wolfgang ^a   Reitner, Andreas ^a   Czech, Thomas ^a   Luger, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

MR imaging; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HORMONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; TISSUE;

CRANIAL NERVE PALSIES; HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONES; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY MACROADENOMA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

NEUROSURGERY;

HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASING FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0034308029     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(00)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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