Two unusual causes of pituitary stalk thickening in children without clinical features of diabetes insipidus

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 499-502

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Furlan, Gisella ^a   Fieggen, Anthony G ^a   Wilmshurst, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CT; Diabetes insipidus; Metastases; MRI; Pituitary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0038641237     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0897-6     Document Type: Article

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