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Radiological Assessment of the Pituitary Gland

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 21))

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Abstract

The treatment of pituitary gland tumours, particularly where there is no clinical evidence of supra-sellar extension, rarely involves an open surgical procedure. In these cases, pituitary ablation can be carried out by one of several methods including trans-sphenoidal and transethmoidal hypophysectomy, trans-sphenoidal cryosurgery, trans-sphenoidal yttrium implantation, external irradiation and transfrontal stereotactic yttrium implantation. Irrespective of the method employed, accurate investigation of the pituitary gland is essential, but this is particularly important with stereotactic implantation.

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  1. The Radiodiagnostic Department and the Section of Neurological Science, The London Hospital, London, E 1 1 BB, England

    L. Morris M.D. & I. Wylie M.D.

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  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Surgical Neurology) & E. R. Hitchcock (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology) (Professor of Surgical Neurology) &  (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Neurology)

  2. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

    J. W. Turner (Consultant Neurosurgeon) (Consultant Neurosurgeon)

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Morris, L., Wylie, I. (1974). Radiological Assessment of the Pituitary Gland. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R., Turner, J.W. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 21. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8355-7_20

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