Ectopic clival craniopharyngioma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1221-1224

  Kawamata, T ^a   Kubo, O ^a   Kamikawa, S ^a   Hori, T ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clivus; Craniopharyngioma; Ectopic; Endoscope

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036432981     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-1022-6     Document Type: Article

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