Diagnosis and management of pituitary abscess: A review of twenty-four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-241

  Vates, G E ^a   Berger, M S ^a   Wilson, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Pituitary; Sella turcica; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034867633     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0233     Document Type: Article

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