Aspergillus sellar abscess: Case report and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-188

  Hao, Li ^a   Jing, Chen ^a   Bowen, Cai ^a   Min, He ^a   Chao, You ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphotericine B; Aspergillus; Sellar abscess; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS SELLAR ABSCESS; BONE DESTRUCTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47949106828     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.41999     Document Type: Article

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