Pituitary abscess: A report of two cases

Pituitary

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-92

  Danilowicz, Karina ^a   Sanz, Carlos Francisco ^a   Manavela, Marcos ^a   Gomez, Reynaldo Manuel ^a   Bruno, Oscar Domingo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abscess; Hypopituitarism; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GADOLINIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DIPLOPIA; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; KLEBSIELLA; NAUSEA; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649083771     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-007-0033-y     Document Type: Article

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