Nonadenomatous tumors of the pituitary and sella turcica

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-299

  Huang, Benjamin Y ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Nonadenomatous tumors; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; TERATOMA;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 33748474622     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rmr.0000224685.83629.18     Document Type: Review

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