Pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, and Rathke cleft cyst involving both intrasellar and suprasellar regions: differentiation using MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-462

  Choi, S H ^a   Kwon, B J ^a   Na, D G ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Han, M H ^a,b   Chang, K H ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SELLA TURCICA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947587671     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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