Craniopharyngioma and Cushing disease. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 318-321

  Caceres, Adrian ^a   Reitman, Aaron J ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Craniopharyngioma; Cushing disease; Obesity; Panhypopituitarism; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAIN; GROWTH DISORDER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN CYST; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; OBESITY; PITUITARY DWARFISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYST FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18744401642     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.2.0318     Document Type: Article

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