Sellar xanthogranuloma manifesting as obstructive hydrocephalus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 929-933

  Liu, Zhuo Hao ^a   Tzaan, Wen Ching ^a   Wu, Yih Ying ^a   Chen, Hsien Chih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Sellar tumor; Sellar xanthogranuloma; Xanthogranuloma

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INSOMNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

ADULT; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 45849134521     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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