MRI in the differential diagnosis of a sellar mass

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-31

  Connor, S E J ^a   Penney, C C ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Pituitary; Pituitary adenoma; Sella turcica

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TERATOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0037236511     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1119     Document Type: Review

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