Pituitary tuberculoma: An unusual lesion of sellar region

Pituitary

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Domingues, Flavio S ^a   de Souza, Jorge Marcondes ^a   Chagas, Haroldo ^a   Chimelli, Leila ^a   Vaisman, Mario ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypophyseal tuberculoma; Pituitary granuloma; Pituitary tuberculoma; Sellar tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; HORMONE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; SELLA TURCICA; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0038136961     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023352813641     Document Type: Review

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