Primary sphenoid sinus neoplasms: A report of four cases with common clinical presentation treated with transsphenoidal surgery and adjuvant therapies

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-306

  Esposito, Felice ^a,b   Kelly, Daniel F ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a,c   DeSalles, Antonio A F ^a   Sercarz, Joel ^a   Gorgulhos, Alessandra A ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonasal; Sellar mass; Sphenoid sinus tumor; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NOSE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645312069     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-7285-z     Document Type: Article

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