Clinical features, management and recurrence of symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-389

  Raper, Daniel M S ^a   Besser, Michael ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease recurrence; Pituitary; Rathke's cleft cyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349097181     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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