Hemorrhagic and nonhemorrhagic Rathke cleft cysts mimicking pituitary apoplexy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Binning, Mandy J ^a   Liu, James K ^b   Gannon, John ^a   Osborn, Anne G ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary tumor; Rathke cleft cyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149083215     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/01/0003     Document Type: Article

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