Endoscopic treatment of pituitary abscess: Two case reports and literature review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Ciappetta, Pasqualino ^a   Calace, Antonio ^a   D'Urso, Pietro Ivo ^a   De Candia, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; Nasal polyposis; Pituitary abscess; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARANASAL SINUS; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAFETY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 41049113641     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-007-0096-2     Document Type: Article

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