A case of metastatic suprasellar tumor with edema along the optic pathway

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 775-779

  Takahashi, Masataka ^a   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Sasajima, Toshio ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^a   Mizoi, Kazuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastatic pituitary tumor; MRI; Optic edema; Optic pathway

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; RECTUM CANCER; SUPRASELLAR TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042805322     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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