Immediate postoperative death due to hypothalamic injury following surgery for craniopharyngioma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 850-851

  Bahuleyan, Biji ^a   Menon, Girish ^a   Nair, Suresh ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Hypothalamus; Injury

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 67349196127     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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