Inflammatory pseudotumor of the pituitary: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-267

  Al Shraim, Mubarak ^a   Syro, Luis V ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Estrada, Hernan ^c   Uribe, Humberto ^d   Al Gahtany, Mubarak ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^c Division of Neurosurgery   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; inflammation; panhypopituitarism; pituitary; pseudotumor; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POLYDIPSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYURIA; SKULL SURGERY;

ADULT; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY DISEASES;

EID: 4344674423     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.09.037     Document Type: Article

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