Distinctions between pituicytoma and ordinary pilocytic astrocytoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 404-406

  Katsuta, Toshiro ^a,b,c,d   Inoue, Tooru ^a,b,c   Nakagaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b,c   Takeshita, Morishige ^a,b,c   Morimoto, Ken ^a,b,c   Iwaki, Toru ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Shin Kokura Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ureshino Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glioma; Hypophysis; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Pituicytoma; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PITUICYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0037305280     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.2.0404     Document Type: Article

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