Tension pneumocyst after transsphenoidal surgery for Rathke's cleft cyst: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 960-963

  Iplikcioglu, A Celal ^a   Bek, Sirzat ^a,b   Bikmaz, Kerem ^a   Basocak, Kahan ^a   Ciric, Ivan S ^b   Post, Kalmon D ^b   Mayberg, Marc R ^b  

^a Okmeydani Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATA 2 Sitesi B6 2B ^*

Author keywords

Rathke's cleft cyst; Tension pneumocyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037383224     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000053027.30314.64     Document Type: Article

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