Imaging characteristics of common suprasellar lesions with emphasis on MRI findings

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 939-947

  Rao, V J ^a   James, R A ^b   Mitra, D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHIASMATIC GLIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPIDERMOID CYST; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS GLIOMA; LIPOMA; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REVIEW; TERATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; GLIOMA; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 46749090967     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.10.003     Document Type: Review

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