Collision lesions of the sella: Co-existence of craniopharyngioma with gonadotroph adenoma and of Rathke's cleft cyst with corticotroph adenoma

Pituitary

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Karavitaki, N ^a   Scheithauer, B W ^b   Watt, J ^b   Ansorge, O ^c   Moschopoulos, M ^d   Llaguno, A V ^e   Wass, J A H ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision tumor; Craniopharyngioma; Pituitary adenoma; Rathke's cleft cyst; Sella

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADULT; AMELOBLASTOMA; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GONADOTROPH ADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CORTICOTROPHS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GONADOTROPHS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249132942     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-007-0070-6     Document Type: Article

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