Suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma presented with nasal hemianopia: A case report

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-128

  Sasaki, Teruo ^a   Arai, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Miyuki ^a   Uesugi, Noriyuki ^a   Sugai, Tamotsu ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Nakamura, Shin ichi ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic; Pituitary adenoma; Suprasellar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037327985     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.12.124     Document Type: Article

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