Pituitary apoplexy: An overview of 186 cases published during the last century

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 749-761

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Özsunar, Yelda ^a   Başak, Sema ^a   Güney, Engin ^a   Kir, Erkin ^a   Meteoǧlu, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; MONOCULAR VISION; NAUSEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BLINDNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPTIC NERVE; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77953025576     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0595-8     Document Type: Review

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