Rapidly progressive bilateral ophthalmoplegia and enlarging sellar mass caused by amelanotic melanoma

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-50

  Jacob, Saiju ^a   Pye, Eleanor ^a   Hbahbih, Majed ^a   Messios, Nicholas ^a   Rajabally, Yusuf A ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DIPLOPIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SELLA TURCICA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 33646836112     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000204665.79300.f8     Document Type: Article

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