Herniation of cerebellar tonsils in acromegaly: Prevalence, pathogenesis and clinical impact

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-130

  Manara, Renzo ^a   Bommarito, Giulia ^a   Rizzati, Silvia ^a   Briani, Chiara ^a   Puppa, Alessandro Della ^a   Citton, Valentina ^a   Zanchetta, Eva ^a   Zerbo, Fabio ^b   Ermani, Mario ^a   Martini, Chiara ^a   Mantero, Franco ^a   Sicolo, Nicola ^a   Maffei, Pietro ^a   Scaroni, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Radiology Division OC San Bassiano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cerebellar tonsillar herniation; Chiari malformation type 1; Headache; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERNIATION OF CEREBELLAR TONSIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84873708111     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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