Lymphocytic hypophysitis with cystic MRI appearance

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1297-1300

  Perez Nunez A ^a   Miranda, P ^a   Arrese, I ^a   Gonzalez P ^a   Ramos, A ^a   Lobato, R D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cysts; Inflammation; Lymphocytic hypophysitis; MR imaging; Pituitary abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944474793     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0641-0     Document Type: Article

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