Clinicopathological and endocrinological study of Rathke's cleft cyst manifesting as hyponatremia

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Ogawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^b   Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^c  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypocortisolemia; Hyponatremia; Inflammation; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SODIUM; THYROID HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPONATREMIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY HORMONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33847626407     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.58     Document Type: Article

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