Symptomatic pneumocephalus occurring years after transphenoidal surgery and radiation therapy for an invasive pituitary tumor: A case report and review of the literature

Pituitary

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-52

  Rao, Ganesh ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF rhinorrhea; Pituitary tumor; Tension pneumocephalus; Transphenoidal resection

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOTROPIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; NELSON SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPHENOID BONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345688685     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026285911784     Document Type: Article

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