Concepedia

Endoscopic treatment of pituitary abscess: two case reports and literature review

Pasqualino Ciappetta, Antonio Calace, Pietro Ivo D’Urso, N. De Candia

Neurosurgical Review · 2007 · 68 citations · 56 references

Concepts

MedicineNeurosurgerySurgeryEndoscopic NeurosurgeryEndoscopic Pituitary SurgeryEndoscopic SurgeryPituitary DisordersPituitary SurgeryPituitary TumorsTherapeutic EndoscopyCavernous Sinus InvolvementEndoscopic Endonasal Pituitary SurgeryEndoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal SurgeryPituitary InvolvementPituitary PathologyPituitary Tumor ResectionSystematic Literature Review

References

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Case Report and Review of Literature

Alaa A. Maher, Ahmed El Hennawy · 1994 · 415 citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +15

Pituitary abscesses

James N. Domingue, Charles B. Wilson · Journal of neurosurgery · 1977 · 128 citations

Medicine, Neurosurgery, Surgery +11

Pituitary abscess in a craniopharyngioma

S Obrador, M.G. Blázquez · Journal of neurosurgery · 1972 · 74 citations

Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery +11

Abscess formation in a Rathke's cleft cyst

Theodore G. Obenchain, Donald P. Becker · Journal of neurosurgery · 1972 · 73 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Pathology +14

Primary pituitary aspergillosis responding to transsphenoidal surgery and combined therapy with amphotericin-B and 5-fluorocytosine

Angelita Ramos-Gabatin, Richard M. Jordan · Journal of neurosurgery · 1981 · 71 citations

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Surgery +17