Ependymoma of the pituitary fossa: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 616-620

  Mukhida, Karim ^a,b   Asa, Sylvia ^a   Gentili, Fred ^a   Shannon, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Pituitary fossa; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749536051     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.4.616     Document Type: Review

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