Xanthogranuloma of the sellar region of children: Series of five cases and literature review

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 689-693

  Kamoshima, Yuuta ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^c   Motegi, Hiroaki ^a   Kubota, Kanako ^b   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAWAMURA Neurosurgical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Pituitary grand; Xanthogranuloma of the sellar region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE;

EID: 80054924028     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.689     Document Type: Article

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