Aspergillus pituitary abscess

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-524

  Iplikcioglu, A Celal ^a,b   Bek, S ^a   Bikmaz, K ^a   Ceylan, D ^a   Gokduman C A ^a   Bayston, Roger ^b  

^a Social Security Okmeydani Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; Amphotericine B; Aspergillus; Pituitary; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES;

EID: 2442469887     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0256-x     Document Type: Article

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