A potential catastrophic trap: An unusually presenting sellar lesion

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Locatelli, M ^a   Spagnoli, D ^a   Caroli, M ^a   Isalberti, M ^a   Branca, V ^a   Gaini, S M ^a   Lania, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLAR LESION; SKULL INJURY; STENT; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; VERTIGO;

EID: 37249058340     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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