Large ossified Rathke's cleft cyst - A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 256-258

  Lee, Choong Hyun ^a   Seo, Eui Kyo ^a   Cho, Yong Jae ^a   Kim, Sang Jin ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcification; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

EID: 57049090705     PISSN: 12258245     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.4.256     Document Type: Article

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