Astrocytoma of the pituitary gland (pituicytoma): Case report

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-125

  Uesaka, T ^a   Miyazono, M ^a   Nishio, Shu ^a   Iwaki, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurohypophysis; Pituicytoma; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036943531     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340100654     Document Type: Article

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