Pituitary carcinoma presenting with multiple metastases: Case report

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1467-1471

  Guzel, Aslan ^a   Tatli, Mehmet ^a   Senturk, Senem ^a   Guzel, Ebru ^b   Cayli, Rustu Suleyman ^c   Sav, Aydin ^d  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Veni Vidi Hospital   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracranial metastasis; Pituitary carcinoma; Spinal metastasis

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSARTHRIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57749204302     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808319078     Document Type: Article

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