Pituitary adenoma coexisting with a suprasellar arachnoid cyst

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-141

  Güzel, Aslan ^a   Er, Uygur ^b   Tatli, Mehmet ^b   Uzunlar, Ali Kemal ^b   Belen, Deniz ^a   Bavbek, Murat ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Membrane of Liliequist; Parasellar mass; Pituitary adenoma Sellar mass; Suprasell ararachnoid cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEIZURE; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL DISORDER; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 40149100074     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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