INTRASELLAR PARAGANGLIOMA - REPORT OF A CASE IN A SIBSHIP OF VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE

Citation
Bw. Scheithauer et al., INTRASELLAR PARAGANGLIOMA - REPORT OF A CASE IN A SIBSHIP OF VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE, Neurosurgery, 38(2), 1996, pp. 395-398
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
395 - 398
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1996)38:2<395:IP-ROA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
ALTHOUGH UNCOMMON, PARAGANGLIOMAS are known to affect the central nerv ous system. Those that arise in the sellar region are particularly rar e. We report the clinicopathological features of a paraganglioma occur ring in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau disease, a disorder in which paragangliomas are known to occur. We also present a review of the lit erature.