Granulomatous Change of the Pituitary Stalk Caused by Rathke's Cleft Cyst: A Case Report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1193-1196

  Komoribayashi, Nobukazu ^a   Arai, Hiroshi ^a   Kubo, Yoshitaka ^a   Beppu, Takaaki ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Sugai, Tamotsu ^a   Nakamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Hypophysitis; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INFUNDIBULUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYURIA; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SURGICAL APPROACH; THIRST; VISUAL DISORDER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344665498     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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