An elderly case of craniopharyngioma: Treatment by limited surgery and radiation therapy

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1183-1189

  Sato, Atsushi ^a   Sakurada, Kaori ^a   Kokubo, Yasuaki ^a   Sato, Shinya ^a   Kayama, Takamasa ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Elderly patient; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DETERIORATION; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 28944436714     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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