Neurosarcoidosis presenting as an isolated intrasellar mass: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Kimball, M M ^a   Wind, J J ^b   Codispoti, K E T ^b   Jones, R V ^b   Leiphart, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrasellar; Neurosarcoidosis; Pituitary; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IBUPROFEN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 77953309019     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp29156     Document Type: Article

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