Precocious true puberty secondary to a suprasellar arachnoid cyst: A case report and MR characteristics of common suprasellar cystic lesions
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Giant suprasellar arachnoid cyst presenting with precocious puberty.
To cite: Rao K, Levy ML, Crawford JR. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205750 DESCRIPTION A 9-year-old boy presented with a several month history of precocious puberty. Two months before presentation he began to hear his voice gradually deepen; 3 weeks before presentation he noticed increased hair growth over his axillary and genital regions. Re...
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OBJECTIVE Biochemical and radiological properties of sellar and parasellar lesions are quite similar in some instances. This leads to a difficulty in preoperative diagnosis. Here, a pituitary adenoma and a suprasellar arachnoid cyst in the same patient is presented, and possible etiopathogenetic mechanisms and surgical treatment are discussed. CASE A 56-year-old male patient was admitted to t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0378-603X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2012.02.007