Non-adenomatous sellar lesions: Experience of a single centre and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-476

  Koutourousiou, Maria ^a   Kontogeorgos, George ^a   Seretis, Andreas ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Non adenomatous tumours; Pituitary; Rare sellar lesions; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957582330     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0263-8     Document Type: Review

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