Parasellar tumors: Suprasellar and cavernous sinuses

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Smith, J Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Meningioma; MR imaging; Neoplasm; Parasellar; Pituitary; Schwannoma; Sella

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORDOMA; CHORISTOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SPHENOID; TERATOMA;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748443252     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rmr.0000224687.29371.9a     Document Type: Review

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