Keyhole surgery for isolated pituitary stalk metastatic tumors: A case report and review of the literature

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-224

  Lin, En Yuan ^a   Hsieh, C T ^a   Lin, C S ^a   Tsai, T H ^a   Chiang, Y H ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diabetes insipidus; Keyhole craniotomy; Pituitary stalk metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INFUNDIBULUM; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; NOCTURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYURIA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50849133893     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1062742     Document Type: Article

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