Infrasellar craniopharyngioma presenting as epistaxis, excised via Denker's medial maxillectomy approach

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 895-898

  Ahsan, Farhan ^a,b   Rashid, H ^a   Chapman, A ^a   Ah See, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denker's Medial Maxillectomy; Infrasellar Craniopharyngioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLARY SINUS; NOSE CAVITY;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10644291690     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215042703688     Document Type: Article

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