Cerebrospinal fluid fistula as the presenting manifestation of pituitary adenoma: Case report with a 4-year follow-up

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 2 A, 2001, Pages 263-265

  Hanel, Ricardo Alexandre ^a,b   Prevedello, Daniel Monte Serrat ^a   Correa, Alceu ^a   Antoniuk, Affonso ^a   Araújo, João Cândido ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CSF leakage; Pituitary tumors; Prolactinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0035374881     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000200023     Document Type: Article

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