Fluid-fluid level in pituitary tumors: Analysis of management of 106 cases - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1341-1346

  Goel, Atul ^a   Shah, Abhidha ^a   Jhawar, Sukhdeep Singh ^a   Goel, Naina K ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Fluid fluid level; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary tumor; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953501977     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS091083     Document Type: Article

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