Giant pituitary adenoma invading the clivus

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-107

  Goel, A ^a   Phalke, U ^a   Cacciola, F ^a   Muzumdar, D P ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Clivus; Giant pituitary adenoma; Invasion; Petrous bone; Sella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLIVUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 17444391641     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15073     Document Type: Article

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