Pituitary abscess simulating macroadenoma

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 337-339

  Yilmaz Ovali, Gülgün ^a   Tarhan, Serdar ^a   Şentürk, Hüseyin ^a   Bayindir, Petek ^a   Pabuşçu, Yüksel ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypophysis abscess; Macroadenoma; MRI; Pituitary abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 9644265546     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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