Secondary pan-hypophysitis caused by rupture of Rathke's cleft cyst: Case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-99

  Yuyama, Ryuji ^a   Kojima, Hideaki ^a   Mizutani, Tohru ^a   Suzuki, Yoshinobu ^a   Miki, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypophysitis; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CYST RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PITUITARY DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0036157230     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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