Sarcoma of the sella after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1725-1735

  Berkmann, Sven ^e   Tolnay, Markus ^a   Hänggi, Daniel ^b   Ghaffari, Anthony ^c   Gratzl, Otmar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adenoma; Malignancy; Pituitary; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACROMEGALY; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FIBROSARCOMA; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149412851     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0694-6     Document Type: Article

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