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A rare case of pituitary oncocytoma successfully treated with single-fraction stereotactic Gamma Knife surgery

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Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne.

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Constantin Tuleasca gratefully acknowledges receipt of a ‘Young Researcher in Clinical Research Grant’ (Jeune Chercheur en Recherche Clinique) from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV).

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  1. Neurosurgery Service and Gamma Knife Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca, Roy Thomas Daniel & Marc Levivier

  2. Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (Unil), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca, Roy Thomas Daniel & Marc Levivier

  3. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS-5), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca

  4. Faculté de Médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Constantin Tuleasca

  5. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bicêtre, Service de Neurochirurgie, Paris, France

    Constantin Tuleasca

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Tuleasca, C., Daniel, R.T. & Levivier, M. A rare case of pituitary oncocytoma successfully treated with single-fraction stereotactic Gamma Knife surgery. J Neurooncol 145, 185–187 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03270-4

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