Progressive visual loss because of a suprasellar pneumatocele after trans-sphenoidal resection of a pituitary adenoma

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-144

  Lee, Andrew G ^a   Van Gilder, John C ^a   White, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMATOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; REOPERATION; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0038317706     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200306000-00007     Document Type: Article

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