Magnetic resonance imaging of thickened pituitary stalk proceeding to Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a child

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Halefoglu, A M ^a,b  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Germinoma; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Pituitary gland; Pituitary stalk thickening

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; LABORATORY TEST; LYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL INJURY; THICKNESS; X RAY;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 33645318457     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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