Brown tumors of the skull base: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 417-420

  Al Gahtany, Mubarak ^a   Cusimano, Michael ^a   Singer, William ^a   Bilbao, Juan ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Marotta, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brown tumor; Ethmoidal sinus; Primary hyperparathyroidism; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BROWN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0037304877     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.2.0417     Document Type: Article

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