Extracranial nasopharyngeal craniopharyngioma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Shuman, Andrew G ^a   Heth, Jason A ^a   Marentette, Lawrence J ^a   Blaivas, Mila ^a   Muraszko, Karin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Cranial base neoplasm; Craniopharyngioma; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLIVUS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; NASAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNORING; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TONSILLECTOMY;

CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147214066     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255411.69022.A1     Document Type: Article

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