Tuberculomas of the hypophysis cerebri: Report of five cases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 562-566

  Desai, Ketan I ^a,b   Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b 7 Sunil Co operative Housing Soc   (India)

Author keywords

Antituberculous chemotherapy; Granuloma; Hypophysis cerebri; Pituitary gland; Sella; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ISONIAZID; PROLACTIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THYROXINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA AND OLIGOMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EROSION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GALACTORRHEA; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CEREBRI TUBERCULOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOMA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0141447305     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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