Linked Life Data

8211660

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/8211660

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Reports of spontaneous rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst are extremely rare. Five cases of spontaneous rupture of a craniopharyngioma cysts are reported. Clinical symptoms included chemical meningitis in three patients, alleviation of headache in one, and improvement in a visual disturbance in one. Reduction in cyst size was confirmed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging in three of five patients, and the histopathological diagnosis was confirmed histologically in four patients. Cerebrospinal fluid findings were abnormal in the three patients with chemical meningitis. Spontaneous rupture of craniopharyngioma cysts tended to occur more frequently in adult males. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were useful in diagnosing cyst rupture, and cerebrospinal fluid findings, especially the presence of cholesterol crystals and an elevated cholesterol concentration, are suggestive, even when no reduction in cyst size is observed radiologically.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0090-3019
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
414-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous rupture of craniopharyngioma cysts. A report of five cases and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports